prangkisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• prangkisya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish franquicia, from franco. The spelling reflects a sound shift of Spanish /sj/ to /s/, which affected some Spanish borrowings, especially those containing two consecutive syllables containing /sj/.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: prang‧ki‧sa
• IPA^(key): /pɾaŋˈkisa/, [pɾɐŋˈki.sɐ]

Noun

prangkisa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ)

1. franchise
   • 2014, Danilo Arana Arao, Hay, Naku! 2013, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:

     Simpleng sagot lang: Ito ang itinakda ng mga nasa likod ng marketing ng pelikulang unti-unti na ring nagiging prangkisa.

     Just a simple answer: This is set by those behind the marketing of a movie that is now also slowly becoming a franchise.

Related terms

• prangka
• prangkeo
• prangko

 

Further reading

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