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Pilipino

Pilipino proper noun: the former name of the national language of the Philippines, now officially Filipino.

Proper noun

Pilipino

  1. (dated) The former name of the national language of the Philippines, now officially Filipino.

Origin of Pilipino

From Tagalog Pilipino, from Spanish filipino.

Phrases with Pilipino

Questions about Pilipino

What does Pilipino mean?
Pilipino means the former name of the national language of the Philippines, now officially Filipino.
What part of speech is Pilipino?
Pilipino is a proper noun.

Words near Pilipino in the dictionary

  1. pilinite
  2. pilins
  3. Pilintangan
  4. pilinut
  5. pilinuts
  6. Pilipino
  7. pilis
  8. pilish
  9. pilk
  10. Pilkenton
  11. Pilkentons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Pilipino (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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