FILIPINO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Filipino mean? 

• FILIPINO (noun)
  The noun FILIPINO has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of the Philippines

2. official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages

  Familiarity information: FILIPINO used as a noun is rare.

• FILIPINO (adjective)
  The adjective FILIPINO has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs

  Familiarity information: FILIPINO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILIPINO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the Philippines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Filipino" is a kind of...):

aboriginal; aborigine; indigen; indigene; native (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Filipino"):

Moro (a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines)

Tagalog (a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila)

Bisayan; Visayan (a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines)

Holonyms ("Filipino" is a member of...):

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)

Derivation:

Filipino (of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Filipino; Philippine

Hypernyms ("Filipino" is a kind of...):

Western Malayo-Polynesian (a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Filipino"):

Tagalog (the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based)

Cebuan; Cebuano (language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines)

Derivation:

Filipino (of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs)

• FILIPINO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Filipino; Philippine

Context example:

our Filipino cook

Pertainym:

Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)

Derivation:

Filipino (official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages)

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)