prinsipal

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin principalis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: prin‧si‧pal

Noun

prinsipal

1. a principal; a school's chief administrator

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /prinˈsipal/ [prinˈsi.pal]
• Rhymes: -ipal
• Syllabification: prin‧si‧pal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch principaal (“principal”), from Middle Dutch principael, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.

Adjective

prinsipal (comparative lebih prinsipal, superlative paling prinsipal)

1. alternative form of prinsipiel

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from English principal.

Noun

prinsipal (plural prinsipal-prinsipal)

1. (finance) principal (one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

Derived terms

• prinsipal asing
• prinsipal otomotif
• prinsipal produsen

Further reading

• “prinsipal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Russenorsk

Noun

prinsipal

1. (ship's) captain

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish principal, from Latin principālis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾinsiˈpal/ [pɾɪn̪.sɪˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: prin‧si‧pal

Noun

prinsipál (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔)

1. principal (US); headteacher (UK)

   Synonym: punong-guro

Adjective

prinsipál (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔)

1. principal; main

   Synonym: pangunahin

Further reading

• “prinsipal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• 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 476