Filipino

Meaning

Noun

1. A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
2. Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines.
3. (historical, obsolete) A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

Name

The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.

Synonyms

Philippine

Tagalog

Pilipino

philippine

Philippines

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Translations

filippino

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filipino

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filipino

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Filipijns

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Filipino

filipino

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filipí

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philippin

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Philippin

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Filippijn

philippinisch

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Philippiner

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tagàlog

Philippinisch

Φιλιππινικά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/filiˈpino/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: insular

In summary

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.