Definition of Pinoy in English:
Pinoy
adjective ˈpɪnɔɪˈpinoi
Relating to the Philippines or the Filipinos.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's no Pinoy filmmaker which has a strong enough commercial identity that Filipinos flock to his film when they see his name in the marquee.
- Do I look Pinoy?
- For the kids a Pinoy party is the perfect opportunity to show their cousins and friends how much improved their otso-otso and spaghetti song dance moves have become.
- I'm always happy when a Pinoy movie beats out its Hollwood rivals.
- They all appeared to be relatively new bands that suffered from a lack of tightness at times, but for the crowd, Pinoy pride mattered more than perfect performance.
- There are very few Pinoy bands that I like, and Bamboo is one of them.
- I wrote an article for the newly launched Pinoy Expat E-zine.
- That's Pinoy optimism!
- Edna Weisser's "London Boys and Other Filipinos" ponders the fate of Pinoy English at the hands of the British.
- At this point am I allowed to say anything about Pinoy common sense?
nounPlural Pinoys ˈpɪnɔɪˈpinoi
A person of Filipino origin or descent; a Filipino.
the team was met by local officials and fellow Pinoys wanting to lend their support
Example sentencesExamples
- No matter how much they deny their Filipinoness, they're still Pinoys in the eyes of the Americans.
- Hundreds flocked to witness the boisterous parade of Pinoys dressed in native attire and sports uniforms and sampled the delicious and well-loved Filipino food and delicacies.
- When you marry a Pinoy, you don't just marry your partner: you marry their whole family too!
- As this work recounts the bitter return of a young Pinoy, Mariano, to his family in the Philippines, it links the trafficking of "third world" women to the international labor market.
- This true nationalism means the pride of being a Pinoy which grows in strength the farther and longer one is away.
- That made sense to the Pinoy, so he followed the advice and left.
- The boycott was in response to a Japanese-American man's attempt to annul the marriage between his daughter and a Pinoy.
- Some of these Pinoys "were American citizens then, after they served in the U.S. Navy".
- The plot centers around the Aberdeen, Washington, strike of lumber and shipping workers, including a Pinoy named Mario.