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
  • Hyphenation: si‧met‧ri‧ya
  • IPA(key): /simetˈɾia/, [sɪ.mɛtˈɾi.ɐ]
  • IPA(key): /siˈmetɾia/, [sɪˈmɛt.ɾjɐ]

Noun

simetriya or simétriyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

  1. symmetry
    Synonym: (neologism) parianyo
  • simetriko

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