philippine

1. 1.

   official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages

   SynonymsFilipino

   BroaderWestern Malayo-Polynesian

   NarrowerTagalogCebuan

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs

   “the Philippine President”

   “our Filipino cook”

   SynonymsFilipino

Other forms of philippine

plural

philippines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about philippine

What does philippine mean?

philippine means "official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philippine?

philippine has 3 syllables: phil-ip-pine. The stress falls on "phil". In IPA it is /ˈfɪləˌpin/.

What is another word for philippine?

Close synonyms include Filipino, Filipino. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philippine a common word?

philippine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.