prangkisa

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • prangkisya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish franquicia, from franco. The spelling reflects a sound shift of Spanish /sj/ to /s/, which affected some Spanish borrowings, especially those containing two consecutive syllables containing /sj/.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pɾaŋˈkisa/ [pɾɐŋˈki.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: prang‧ki‧sa

Noun

prangkisa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ)

  1. franchise
    • 2014, Danilo Arana Arao, Hay, Naku! 2013, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:
      Simpleng sagot lang: Ito ang itinakda ng mga nasa likod ng marketing ng pelikulang unti-unti na ring nagiging prangkisa.
      Just a simple answer: This is set by those behind the marketing of a movie that is now also slowly becoming a franchise.

Further reading
  • “prangkisa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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