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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin principalis.
Pronunciation
Noun
prinsipal
- a principal; a school's chief administrator
Russenorsk
Noun
prinsipal
- (ship's) captain
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish principal, from Latin principālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
prinsipál (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔)
- principal (US); headteacher (UK)
- Synonym: punong-guro
Adjective
prinsipál (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔)
- principal; main
- Synonym: pangunahin
Further reading
- “prinsipal”, 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 476