impormasyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• impormasiyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish información, from Latin īnfōrmātiōnem (“formation, conception; education”), with sound shift from /n/ to /m/ preceding labial consonants.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔimpoɾmasˈjon/ [ʔɪm.poɾ.mɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔimpoɾmasˈjon/ [ʔɪm.poɾ.mɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: im‧por‧mas‧yon

Noun

impormasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. information

   Synonyms: kabatiran, kaalaman

Related terms

• des-impormasyon
• impormado
• impormador
• impormal
• impormante
• imporme
• mal-impormasyon
• mis-impormasyon

 

Further reading

• “impormasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018