tenyente
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from tener.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tenyente
- (military) lieutenant (lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tininte.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tenˈjente/, [tɛˈɲɛn.tɛ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: ten‧yen‧te
Noun edit
tenyente (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (military)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tenyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018