pandemiko

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish pandémico. It is used primarily as an adjective, but it also occasionally appears as a noun through a semantic loan from English pandemic. See pandemya. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˈdemiko/ [pɐn̪ˌd̪ɛː.mɪˈxo] Rhymes: -emiko Syllabification: pan‧de‧mi‧ko === Adjective === pandémikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜃᜓ) (epidemiology) pandemic (of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population) === Noun === pandémikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜃᜓ) (epidemiology) (uncommon) pandemic (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) Synonym: pandemya ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === 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 439