adhesyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adhesión but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence or spelling influence, from Latin adhaesiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadhesˈjon/ [ʔɐd̪.hɛˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔadhesˈjon/ [ʔɐd̪.hɛsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ad‧hes‧yon

Noun

adhesyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adhesion

   Synonyms: pagkadikit, pagkapit

2. adherence

Related terms

• adhesibo
• hesitante
• hesitasyon

 

Further reading

• “adhesyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 11