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/ [ˈswɛːɾ.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 Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.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 Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwerte.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.