pilamento

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish filamento, from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧la‧men‧to

Noun

pilamento

1. filament (wire)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish filamento, from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pilaˈmento/ [pɪ.lɐˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: pi‧la‧men‧to

Noun

pilamento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. filament

   Synonym: lamuymoy

Further reading

• “pilamento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018