Filipinx
English
Etymology
The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o., from Filipina and Filipino, from Spanish filipina+filipino, from the Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe (“Philip”), from Philip II of Spain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪ.ləˈpin.ɛks/, or sometimes as the phrase "Filipino and Filipina"
Noun
Filipinx (plural Filipinxs)
- (US, neologism) A Filipina (“f”) or Filipino (“m”)
Synonyms
- Filipin@
- Filipino (male form covering all genders)
Related terms
- Chicanx
- Latinx