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)

  1. (US, neologism) A Filipina (“f”) or Filipino (“m”)

Synonyms
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