“Plate” in every Philippine language
Plate across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Plate |
|---|---|
| English | Plate |
| Tagalog | Plato |
| Ilocano | Pinggan |
| Cebuano | Plato |
| Hiligaynon | Pinggan |
| Waray | Pinggan |
| Bikol | Platito |
| Kapampangan | Pinggan |
| Pangasinan | Pinggan |
What the pattern shows
A clean split between the Spanish word and the native one. Tagalog, Cebuano and Bikol took plato; Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan and Pangasinan all kept pinggan. Five to three, and geography does not predict which.
Where they agree
- Pinggan — Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
- Plato — Tagalog, Cebuano
Standing alone: English (Plate) and Bikol (Platito).
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Where this comes from
This row is one of 161 concept pages drawn from a parallel set of everyday vocabulary held across nine languages. You can browse all of them, download the whole set under CC BY-SA 4.0, or paste text to find out which language it is.
Compiled from published general reference and pending review by native speakers. If something here is wrong in a language you speak, please tell us.