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# filipino

adjective (Filipino); noun (a Filipino, Filipinos; a Filipina for a woman; the Filipino language)

«filipino» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Filipino means from or belonging to the Philippines, a country of more than seven thousand islands in South-East Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#m1)
2. A Filipino is a person from the Philippines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#m2)
3. Filipino is also the national language of the Philippines, based mostly on Tagalog; English is also widely spoken there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, the Philippines is an island nation in the Pacific; Filipino food (adobo, lumpia), festivals and people appear in lessons on cultures. Many Filipino nurses and carers work in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada and Australia. Phrases: «Filipino food», «the Filipino language», «Filipino family».

### Examples

- My friend's mum is Filipino. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x1)
- We tried Filipino food at the festival. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x2)
- Filipino is the national language of the Philippines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x3)
- Many Filipinos speak both Filipino and English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x4)
- The Filipino team won the dance competition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x5)
- A Filipino nurse looked after my grandad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#x6)

### Note

A name of a people: written with a capital F. Spelling trap: the country is Philippines (Ph, double p, single l), but the people are Filipino (F, single p, single l). Filipina is often used for a woman.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «filipino» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filipino» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/filipino.html) on Mova free.