filipino
/fɪlɪˈpinoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.68 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
noun
Specifically the male equivalent of Filipina.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
adj
Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.
Etymology
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɪlɪˈpinoʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Filipinos (plural)
Pilipino (alternative, dated)
Philipino (alternative, proscribed)
Philippino (alternative, proscribed)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Chinese Filipino
American-Filipino
Chinese-Filipino
Fil-
Fil-Am
Fil-Chi
Filipino American
Filipino-American