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# filipino

«filipino» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or belonging to the Philippines, a country of more…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Filipino means from or belonging to the Philippines, a country of more than seven thousand islands in South-East Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#m1)

2) A Filipino is a person from the Philippines. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «filipino» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filipino/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.