Word Study
filipino
CIDE DICTIONARY
filipino, adj.
- of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs. [WordNet 1.5]
- of or relating to the language of the Philippines. [WordNet 1.5]
filipino, n. [Sp.].
- A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood."Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country,” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
filipino, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -os; fem. Filipina) a native or national of the Philippines, a group of islands in the SW Pacific.
--adj. of or relating to the Philippines or the Filipinos.
--n. (pl. -os; fem. Filipina) a native or national of the Philippines, a group of islands in the SW Pacific.
--adj. of or relating to the Philippines or the Filipinos.
Etymology
Sp., = Philippine
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