simetriya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish simetría, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría). Alternate pronunciation is possibly conflated by English symmetry or by Spanish simétrico.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /simetˈɾia/ [sɪ.mɛtˈɾiː.ɐ], /siˈmetɾia/ [sɪˈmɛːt.ɾjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia, -etɾia
• Syllabification: si‧met‧ri‧ya

Noun

simetriya or simétriyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

1. symmetry

   Synonym: (neologism) parianyo

Related terms

• simetriko

 

Further reading

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