Filipino

Cebu island resident

Filipino refers to a person from the Philippines or of Philippine descent, or to anything relating to the country, its people, or culture: Filipino cuisine, a Filipino American community.

Filipino is also the national language of the Philippines, based primarily on Tagalog.

The term applies to people of any gender, though Filipina persists as a feminine form, especially among older speakers.

nationality

Pinoy

Philippine person, colloquially

expatriate · naturalization · repatriation · emigrant · immigrant · compatriot · countryman · homeland · patriotism · migrant

cuisine

adobo

Vinegar-soy braised dish

  • lechonSpit-roasted whole swine
  • pancitFilipino celebration noodle dish
  • lumpiaFilipino stuffed wrapper

halo-halo · balut · tinikling · ube · tocino

geography

archipelago

Chain of scattered islands

Sulu · Manila

language

Tagalog

Philippine national language

culture

fiesta

Festive public celebration

parol

Categories
Opposites
nationality/citizenship

FilipinoAmerican

From the U.S.

Spanish · foreigner · stateless · Spaniard · Indonesian

insider/outsider to Philippines

Filipinoforeigner

Non-native person

alien · outsider · expat · foreign national

Phrases
Family

Filipinos, Filipina

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G