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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from tener.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tenˈjente/
- Hyphenation: ten‧yen‧te
Noun
tenyente
- (military) lieutenant (lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tininte.
Pronunciation
Noun
tenyente (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (military)
- lieutenant
Further reading
- “tenyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018