Filipino

Etymology
From, from , demonym to , after. The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to 🇨🇬 (plural ) 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.

Noun

 * 1) A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male.
 * 2)  A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
 * 1)  A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Filippyn, Filippyner
 * Armenian: ֆիլիպինցի, ֆիլիպինուհի
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 菲律賓人
 * Hokkien: 菲律賓人
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: filippinsk
 * Dutch:, , Filipino
 * Esperanto: filipinano, filipinanino
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hawaiian: Pilipino
 * Hungarian:, Fülöp-szigeteki
 * Irish: Filipíneach
 * Italian:, filippina, filippini, filippine
 * Latin: Philippinus, Philippina, Philippini,
 * Manx: Philippeenagh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: filippiner
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, filippinare
 * Tagalog:, Pilipina ,  , Pinay
 * Urdu: فلپائنی
 * Yup'ik: Pilip'iinaq

Proper noun

 * 1)  The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Filippyns
 * Armenian: ֆիլիպիներեն, պիլիպինո
 * Asturian: tagalu
 * Catalan:, tagàlog
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 菲律賓話
 * Hokkien: 番仔話
 * Mandarin:, 菲語
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: filippiino
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פיליפיני
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: Filipínis
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: lingua Philippina
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: filippinsk
 * Nynorsk:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: филипи́но, пилипи́но
 * Swahili: Kifilipino
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Vietnamese: tiếng Tagalog

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.

Usage notes

 * Although discouraged, "Filipino" is colloquially also used to describe activities in, or things from, the country, rather than "Philippine".

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Filippyns
 * Armenian: ֆիլիպինյան, ֆիլիպինական
 * Asturian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: filippinsk
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: Φιλιππινικός
 * Hawaiian: Pilipino
 * Hungarian:, Fülöp-szigeteki
 * Irish: Filipíneach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: フィリピノの
 * Korean: 필리핀어
 * Latin: Philippinensis
 * Latvian: Filipīniešu
 * Manx: Philippeenagh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: filippinsk
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish: Filipiński
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology
, from, demonym to , which was named after.

Noun

 * 1)  language
 * 2)  male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent
 * 1)  male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent

Usage notes

 * as a language was designated as the official name of the national language, replacing, in the 1987 Constitution.
 * as a person used to refer to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, just like the term, during the Spanish era of the Philippines, until it was applied to all the natives of the Philippines as a nationality of the after the  in 1898. The term was eventually spelled as ' using the  in the early 20th century. In 2013, after the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) issued its resolution to rename the country from ' to ', it also promoted the use of ' instead of  to refer to a Filipino person and the adjective pertaining to the Philippines. In 2021, the KWF reversed its policy and returned to the previous spelling of , which has more widespread use.