Filipinx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).
adj
  1. Filipina or Filipino (and any gender).

Pronunciation

/fɪ.ləˈpin.ɛks/

Word forms

Filipinx Filipinxs

Etymology

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).

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