swerte

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish suerte.

Noun

swerte

  1. luck

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman seurté.

Noun

swerte

  1. Alternative form of surete

Etymology 2

From Old English sweart.

Adjective

swerte

  1. Alternative form of swart

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsweɾte/ [ˈswɛɾ.tɛ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾte
  • Syllabification: swer‧te

Noun

swerte (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.

Adjective

swerte (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.

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