tenyente

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from tener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈjente/ [t̪en̪ˈjin̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: ten‧yen‧te

Noun

tenyente

1. (military) lieutenant (lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tinyente
• tenente
• tininte, tininti

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tininte.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tenˈjente/ [t̪ɛˈɲɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /tenˈjente/ [t̪ɛn̪ˈjɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ten‧yen‧te

Noun

tenyente (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (military)

1. lieutenant

   Synonym: (obsolete) kahalili

Related terms

• tenedor
• tenyente del baryo
• tenyente heneral
• tenyente koronel
• tenyente mayor
• tenyente primero

Further reading

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