asteroyd

Tagalog

Etymology

    Borrowed from English asteroid. Doublet of asteroyde.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔasteɾojd/ [ˌʔas.t̪ɛˈɾoɪ̯d̪]
    • Rhymes: -asteɾojd
    • Syllabification: as‧te‧royd

    Noun

    ásteróyd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

    1. (astronomy) asteroid (a naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star)
      Synonyms: asteroyde, (neologism) malatala
    2. (zoology) asteroid; starfish; sea star
      Synonyms: bituing-dagat, isdang-bituin, kurus-kurus

    Further reading

    • “asteroyd”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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