asteroyd

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English asteroid. Doublet of asteroyde.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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)
    Synonym: asteroyde
  2. (zoology) asteroid; starfish; sea star
    Synonyms: bituing-dagat, isdang-bituin, kurus-kurus

Further reading

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