kongklabe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• konklabe

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cónclave, from Latin conclāve.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koŋˈklabe/ [koŋˈklaː.bɛ]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: kong‧kla‧be

Noun

kongklabe (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊᜒ)

1. conclave (closed meeting in which the elector cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church choose a new pope)
2. conclave (group of cardinals involved in a conclave)
3. conclave (enclosed part of the Vatican where the conclave is held)

Further reading

• “kongklabe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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 150