pandemya

Borrowed from Spanish pandemia, from French pandémie, composed by Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”), on the model of épidémie. See also Greek πανδημία (pandimía).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /panˈdemja/ [pɐn̪ˈd̪ɛm.jɐ], /pandemˈja/ [pɐn̪.d̪ɛmˈja]
• Rhymes: -emja, -a
• Syllabification: pan‧dem‧ya

pandemya or pandemyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜋ᜔ᜌ) (epidemiology)

1. pandemic (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)

   Synonym: (uncommon) pandemiko

   • 2020 August 8, Aby Maraño, “Mga dahilan bakit kailangan natin mag-exercise sa panahon ng pandemya”, in Pilipino Star Ngayon‎^[1]:

     Bagama’t tila huminto ang mundo natin dahil sa pandemyang dulot ng COVID-19 virus, dapat nating alalahanin ang ating kalusugan.

     Although it appeared that our world has stopped due to the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, we still need to take into consideration our health.

   • 2020 September 17, Jason De Asis, “Community consultation on ex-rebels' concerns held in Aurora”, in Philippine News Agency‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 October 2020:

     Ang pandemya ay kayang solusyunan ng siyensa at ibayong disiplina subalit ang problemang pangkapayapaan ay nangangailangan ng tulong ng lahat.

     The pandemic can be solved by science and intense discipline but the peace problem needs the help of all.

• “pandemya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• 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 439