Explore Filipino through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like philippine or country. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Filipino meaning
- A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
- Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines.
- A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
Synonyms of Filipino
Filipino vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Filipino
- The main meaning on this page is: A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such. | Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines. | A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
- Useful related words include: philippine, country, state, land.
- Possible Dutch translations are: filipijn, filipijnse, filipino.
- In the example corpus, filipino often appears in combinations such as: the filipino, of filipino, and filipino.
Context around Filipino
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Filipino
- In this selection, "filipino" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, offers, speak, 100, americans, immigrants and culture stand out and add context to how "filipino" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a filipino nurse in, about the filipino culture in and overseas filipino. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "filipino" sits close to words such as bacon, humidity and introduces, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with filipino
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1935, the U.S. told Filipino immigrants to “go back where they came from” with the Filipino Repatriation Act. (20 words)
Sudbury's Bayani Maristela spoke with the CBC's Markus Schwabe about the Filipino culture in Sudbury and the upcoming Filipino Festival. (22 words)
Filipino/Filipino Americans are called the “Blacks of the Asians”, negatively portraying both Filipinos and Blacks as the lowest position in parallel social hierarchies. (24 words)
As a country with multiple languages and diverse backgrounds, let those who speak Filipino learn in Filipino, those who speak English learn in English—but let us not suppress others by imposing that they learn only using both at such a young age. (43 words)
Franco Agnesi, the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Milan, and Filipino chaplains led by Don Sonny de Armas, head of the Pastoral Council for Filipino Catholic Migrants concelebrated the Mass at the Basilica of the Nativity of St. Mary, Cato said. (42 words)
This may be the last Olympics for Celski, who was the “old man” on the team at age 27. He’s of Polish and Filipino ancestry, and is known for his unique chest tattoo of a Polish eagle inside a Filipino sun. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Elna Kolarich, who also owns the Filipino/Asian comfort-food pop-up Sarap Atlanta, is behind this steamed-bun business, which offers Filipino-style buns—called siopao—in flavors like ube pork belly adobo and chicken asado.
Filipino/Filipino Americans are called the “Blacks of the Asians”, negatively portraying both Filipinos and Blacks as the lowest position in parallel social hierarchies.
Our new Fil-American Miss Universe is showing the way by proudly declaring her pride in Filipino-inspired and Filipino made clothing and apparel.
The league provides a space for Filipino immigrants and Filipino Americans to bond over the game of basketball, similar to what Elorde and Gatmaitan did in the third grade.
As a country with multiple languages and diverse backgrounds, let those who speak Filipino learn in Filipino, those who speak English learn in English—but let us not suppress others by imposing that they learn only using both at such a young age.
But when Private William Grayson, a member of the Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment, opened fire on Filipino soldiers at 9 p.m. on Feb. 4, 1899, that shot ignited what would become the Filipino-American War.
During the patrol, the PCG said it supported a total of 100 Filipino fishermen in 14 Filipino fishing boats in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc.
Franco Agnesi, the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Milan, and Filipino chaplains led by Don Sonny de Armas, head of the Pastoral Council for Filipino Catholic Migrants concelebrated the Mass at the Basilica of the Nativity of St. Mary, Cato said.
Further, she promoted to the Filipino audience “reciprocity volunteering”—a concept unique to the France Volontaires platform which allows Filipino youths to participate in volunteering programs in France.
Reflecting on Filipino representation of nurses in the U.S., Leopoldo remarks, “Nursing is such a big part of our narrative, and yet, I saw an article about how the big TV shows set in hospitals never really had Filipino nurses.
Sudbury's Bayani Maristela spoke with the CBC's Markus Schwabe about the Filipino culture in Sudbury and the upcoming Filipino Festival.
The celebration, held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, highlighted Filipino culture and the contributions of the Filipino community to the UAE's sustainable development journey.
The US is home to more than four million Filipino and Filipino-Americans working in various fields like health care, business and public service.
In 1935, the U.S. told Filipino immigrants to “go back where they came from” with the Filipino Repatriation Act.
A Filipino nurse in Saudi Arabia is hoping the new Overseas Filipino Bank will have lower remittance charges when she sends money back to her family in the Philippines.
In his meeting with the Filipino community in Port Moresby, President Duterte thanked them for their contributions to nation-building and urged the members of the community to continue being the best representatives of the Filipino nation.
Others shared little known details about the hero such as being a part-time theater actor and his dressing up as a Filipino woman as camouflage during the Filipino-Spanish war.
Strong Filipino population draws fast food chain Jollibee to expand its reach in CanadaJollibee, a Filipino fried chicken restaurant with more than 1,000 locations in the Philippines, is opening its third Canadian location this weekend in Toronto.
This may be the last Olympics for Celski, who was the “old man” on the team at age 27. He’s of Polish and Filipino ancestry, and is known for his unique chest tattoo of a Polish eagle inside a Filipino sun.
Zhanelyn Joy Cacho (COL ’22), the Club Filipino representative to the Student of Color Alliance, explained that she has struggled to maintain her Filipino identity at Georgetown.
Phrases with filipino
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with filipino
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