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The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as editor-in-chief.
Original Pilipino Music/OPM — Any musical composition created by a Filipino, whether the lyrics are in Filipino, English, or in any other language or dialect, regardless of the actual genre. Padre [1] — father. From Spanish. Palay [5] — Rice prior to husking. From Tagalog. Pampers [25] — Generalized trademark for disposable diapers
Ang Biblia, 1905, a formal Protestant translation equivalent to the American Standard Version published by the Philippine Bible Society and revised in 2001.; Ang Banal na Biblia, 1997 NT/2000 OT, a dynamic Catholic translation of the Latin Vulgate with the original Hebrew and Greek texts translated by Msgr. Jose C. Abriol from 1953 to 1963.
An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
The Tagalog Wikipedia (Tagalog: Wikipediang Tagalog; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜏᜒᜃᜒᜉᜒᜇᜒᜌ) is the Tagalog language edition of Wikipedia, which was launched on 1 December 2003. It has 48,277 articles and is the 105th largest Wikipedia according to the number of articles as of 23 February 2025.
Leo James English (August 1907 – 1997) was the Australian compiler and editor of two of among the first most widely used bilingual dictionaries in the Philippines. He was the author of the two companion dictionaries namely, the English–Tagalog Dictionary (1965) and the Tagalog–English Dictionary (1986). English saw the successful ...
A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.