biskuwit
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cebuano ==
=== Alternative forms ===
biskwit
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, borrowed from Old French bescuit. Doublet of biskotso.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: bis‧ku‧wit
IPA(key): /biskuˈit/ [bɪs̪ˈkwit̪]
=== Noun ===
biskuwít
biscuit
cracker (crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury)
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
biskwit — superseded
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English biscuit, from earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”). Doublet of biskotso.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiskuit/ [ˈbis.kwɪt̪̚], (dated) /biskuˈit/ [bɪsˈkwɪt̪̚]
Rhymes: -iskuit, (dated) -it
Syllabification: bis‧ku‧wit
=== Noun ===
bískuwít or biskuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
biscuit; cracker
Synonym: kraker
==== See also ====
galyetas
=== Further reading ===
“biskuwit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“biskuwit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018