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Filipino

Filipino

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Relating to the Philippines, its people, language, or culture
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɪlɪˈpinoʊ/
translation icon : filipino
  • Arguably the most beloved Filipino artist in Philippine history, Amorsolo
  • a Filipino community
  • Filipino patients
  • Filipino artists

I am doing a panel for Filipino Heritage Month.

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Examples

  • I just wanted to showcase Filipino designers, their creativity.

  • Tonight we are going to a Filipino food buffet.

  • Um, well you remember that cool Filipino market we went to?

  • I am doing a panel for Filipino Heritage Month.

  • We're going to have classic, classic Filipino snacks.

  • Our cuisine is Filipino fusion.

  • And I'm Filipino, not Mexican.

  • So my mom made me one of my favorite Filipino foods, Longanisa.

  • Instead, members from these groups say things like being Filipino means being Catholic, or I'm Hindu because I'm Indian.

  • For Filipino Heritage Month, we are celebrating traditional Filipino music and dance.

Synonyms

Philippine
vsFilipino
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About the Philippines, the people who live there, or their customs

focuses more on language and wider cultural aspects than on customs

Compounds

The official national language of the Philippines based on Tagalog and using words from other local languages

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A habit of being late, often joked about in Filipino culture

Surface Forms

Filipino positive

Etymology

The word Filipino comes from the name Philip, the Spanish king who gave the islands their name. So Filipino as an adjective means 'from the Philippines' or about its people, language, or culture.