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filipino

/filiˈpino/

adjective/filiˈpino/

Filipino (of or pertaining to the Philippines or its people, language, and culture)

Related: fino filipino

From Felipe + -ino, demonym to las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”).

noun, masculine/filiˈpino/plural: filipinos

Filipino (a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male); male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent

Synonyms: filipina, insular, castellano, español

From Felipe + -ino, demonym to las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”).

noun, masculine/filiˈpino/

Filipino (language) (the national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog)

From Felipe + -ino, demonym to las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”).