tsapter

Cebuano

Etymology

From English chapter, from Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”). Doublet of kapitulo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tsap‧ter

Noun

tsapter

1. (authorship) a chapter
2. a section of a social or religious body

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tsapter.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English chapter, from Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of kabildo and kapitulo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃapteɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃap.tɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -apteɾ
• Syllabification: tsap‧ter

Noun

tsapter (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. chapter (section in a book)

   Synonyms: kabanata, kapitulo

2. chapter (a division of an organization)

   Synonyms: sangay, subsidiyaryo

See also

• bahagi
• lokal

 

Further reading

• “tsapter” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021