Meanings
proper noun
- A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.
Synonyms: Tagal
adjectiveTagalog (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.
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adjectiveOf or relating to the Tagalogs.
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nounthe language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
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Tagalog language
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Origin
- Proto-Philippine*taga-
- Tagalogtaga-
- Proto-Austronesian*qaluR
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaluR
- Tagalogalog
- Tagalogtagaalog?
- Tagalogtaga-
- Proto-Austronesian*iluR
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluR
- Proto-Philippine*íluR
- Tagalogilog
- Tagalogtagailog?
- TagalogTagal?
- TagalogTagalog
- EnglishTagalog
Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.
More words from Tagalog
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَاغَالُوغِيَّة
- تَاغَالُوغِيَّة (taḡaluḡiyya)language
Bengali তাগালোগভাষা
- তাগালোগভাষা (tagalōgbhaśa)language
Bulgarian тага́лог
- тага́лог (tagálog)language
Catalan tagàlog, tagal
- tagàloglanguage
- tagallanguage
- tagàlogof or relating to the Tagalogs
Chinese Mandarin 他加祿語 /他加禄语
- 他加祿語 /他加禄语 (Tājiālù yǔ)language
Czech tagalština
- tagalštinalanguage
Danish tagalog
- tagaloglanguage
Esperanto tagaloga, tagalogo
- tagalogalanguage
- tagalogomember of the Filipino ethnic group
- tagalogaof or relating to the Tagalogs
Finnish tagalog, tagaali
- tagaloglanguage
- tagaalimember of the Filipino ethnic group
French tagalog
- tagaloglanguage
German Tagalog, Tagale
- Tagaloglanguage
- Tagalemember of the Filipino ethnic group
Greek ταγκαλόγκ
- ταγκαλόγκ (tagkalógk)language
Hebrew טאגאלוג
- טאגאלוגlanguage
Hindi टागालोग भाषा, टागालोग
- टागालोग भाषा (ṭāgālog bhāṣā)language
- टागालोग (ṭāgālog)language
Hungarian tagalog, tagalog
- tagaloglanguage
- tagalogmember of the Filipino ethnic group
- tagalogof or relating to the Tagalogs
Japanese タガログ語
- タガログ語 (Tagarogu-go)language
Korean 타갈로그어
- 타갈로그어 (Tagallogeu-eo)language
Malay bahasa Tagalog, orang Tagalog
- bahasa Tagaloglanguage
- orang Tagalogmember of the Filipino ethnic group
- Tagalogof or relating to the Tagalogs
Persian زبان تاگالوگ
- زبان تاگالوگlanguage
Portuguese tagalo
- tagalolanguage
Russian тага́льский, тага́лог
- тага́льский (tagálʹskij)language
- тага́лог (tagálog)language
- тага́л (tagál)member of the Filipino ethnic group
- тага́льский (tagálʹskij)of or relating to the Tagalogs
Spanish tagalo, tagalo
- tagalolanguage
- tagaloof or relating to the Tagalogs
Swedish tagalog
- tagaloglanguage
Tagalog Tagalog, Tagalog
- Tagaloglanguage
- Tagalogof or relating to the Tagalogs
Thai ภาษาตากาล็อก
- ภาษาตากาล็อก (paa-sǎa dtaa-gaa-lɔ́k)language
Turkish Tagalogca, Tagalog
- Tagalogcalanguage
- Tagalogmember of the Filipino ethnic group
- Tagalogof or relating to the Tagalogs
Ukrainian тага́льська, тага́лог
- тага́льська (tahálʹsʹka)language
- тага́лог (taháloh)language
Cite this entry
APA
Tagalog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tagalog
MLA
“Tagalog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tagalog. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tagalog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tagalog.
Source: Tagalog on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.