pandemya

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish pandemia, from French pandémie, composed by Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”), on the model of épidémie. See also Greek πανδημία (pandimía). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˈdemja/ [pɐn̪ˈd̪ɛm.jɐ], /pandemˈja/ [pɐn̪.d̪ɛmˈja] Rhymes: -emja, -a Syllabification: pan‧dem‧ya === Noun === pandemya or pandemyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋ᜔ᜌ) (epidemiology) pandemic (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) Synonym: (uncommon) pandemiko ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “pandemya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 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