Standard Lemma guide

Tagalog

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Philippines: /taˈɡaloɡ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: təgäʹlŏg
  • Received-Pronunciation: təgălʹəg
  • Received-Pronunciation: /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /təˈɡæləɡ/
  • General-American: təgäʹləg
  • General-American: təgäʹlôg
  • General-American: /təˈɡɑləɡ/
  • General-American: /təˈɡɑlɔɡ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 G AH0 L AA2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Tagalogs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tagala

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tagal

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tagal, Tagala

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a speaker of the Tagalog language

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Cebu

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Philippine, Filipino

6

noun

Meaning 6

a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Filipino

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Austronesian *-luʀ Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ Tagalog alog Tagalog tagaalog? ▲ Tagalog taga- ▲ Proto-Austronesian *-luʀ Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ Proto-Philippine *íluʀ Tagalog ilog Tagalog tagailog? Tagalog Tagal? Tagalog Tagalogbor. English Tagalog Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tagàlog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Cebuano: Tagalog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Cebuano: Tagalug — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Esperanto: tagaloga — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Galician: tagalo — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Hungarian: tagalog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Kapampangan: Tagalug — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Malay: Tagalog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Russian: тага́льский (tagálʹskij) — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Spanish: tagalo — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Tagalog: Tagalog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Turkish: Tagalog — of or relating to the Tagalogs
  • Arabic: تَاغَالُوغِيَّة (taḡaluḡiyya) — language
  • Armenian: տագալերեն (tagaleren) — language
  • Armenian: տագալոգ (tagalog) — language
  • Asturian: tagalu — language
  • Belarusian: тага́льская мо́ва (tahálʹskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: тага́льская (tahálʹskaja) — language
  • Bengali: তাগালোগভাষা (tagalōgbhaśa) — language
  • Central Bikol: Tagalog — language
  • Bulgarian: тага́лог (tagálog) — language
  • Catalan: tagàlog — language
  • Catalan: tagal — language
  • Cebuano: Tagalug — language
  • Cebuano: Tagalog — language
  • Cebuano: Tinagalog — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 他加祿語 /他加禄语 (Tājiālù yǔ) — language
  • Czech: tagalština — language
  • Danish: tagalog — language
  • Esperanto: tagaloga — language
  • Finnish: tagalog — language
  • French: tagalog — language
  • Galician: tagalo — language
  • German: Tagalog — language
  • Greek: ταγκαλόγκ (tagkalógk) — language
  • Hebrew: טאגאלוג — language
  • Hindi: टागालोग भाषा (ṭāgālog bhāṣā) — language
  • Hindi: टागालोग (ṭāgālog) — language
  • Hungarian: tagalog — language
  • Japanese: タガログ語 (Tagarogu-go) — language
  • Kapampangan: Tagalug — language
  • Korean: 타갈로그어 (Tagallogeu-eo) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Tagalog — language
  • Persian: زبان تاگالوگ — language
  • Portuguese: tagalo — language
  • Russian: тага́льский (tagálʹskij) — language
  • Russian: тага́лог (tagálog) — language
  • Spanish: tagalo — language
  • Swedish: tagalog — language
  • Tagalog: Tagalog — language
  • Thai: ภาษาตากาล็อก (paa-sǎa dtaa-gaa-lɔ́k) — language
  • Turkish: Tagalogca — language
  • Ukrainian: тага́льська (tahálʹsʹka) — language
  • Ukrainian: тага́лог (taháloh) — language
  • Central Bikol: Tagalog — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Cebuano: Tagalog — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Cebuano: Tagalug — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Esperanto: tagalogo — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Finnish: tagaali — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Galician: tagalo — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • German: Tagale — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Hungarian: tagalog — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Kapampangan: Tagalug — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Malay: orang Tagalog — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Russian: тага́л (tagál) — member of the Filipino ethnic group
  • Turkish: Tagalog — member of the Filipino ethnic group
Real reading context

Tagalog in complete knowledge articles