different between fob vs filipino

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?b, IPA^(key): /f?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From German Low German Fobke (“pocket”) or German (East Prussian dialect) Fuppe (“pocket”).

Noun

fob (plural fobs)

1. A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.

   1711 Jonathan Swift, Windsor Prophecy:

   • With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob.

2. A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
3. A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)
4. A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.

Derived terms

• fob watch

Usage notes

• The Jonathan Swift quote indicates that the word "fob" at that time period did not specifically apply to an object attached to the chain or watch.
• A "fob" attached directly to the watch serves as an ornament and or as a grip for more easily pulling the watch from the watch pocket.
• A fob attached to a drooping chain would be mainly an ornament.

Translations

Etymology 2

German foppen (“to mock”)

Alternative forms

• fub

Verb

fob (third-person singular simple present fobs, present participle fobbing, simple past and past participle fobbed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.

   1604 William Shakespeare, Othello, iv, 2:

   • I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.

2. (transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.

Derived terms

• to fob off

Translations

References

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 2 p 2146.

Anagrams

• BOF, F. B. O., F.B.O., F/B/O, FBO

Finnish

Noun

filipino

1. Alternative spelling of filippiino

Declension

French

Noun

filipino m (uncountable)

1. Filipino (language)

Galician

Adjective

filipino m (feminine singular filipina, masculine plural filipinos, feminine plural filipinas)

1. Filipino

Noun

filipino m (plural filipinos)

1. Filipino (person)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

filipino m (feminine singular filipina, masculine plural filipinos, feminine plural filipinas, comparable)

1. Filipino (of or pertaining to the Philippines or its people)

Noun

filipino m (plural filipinos, feminine filipina, feminine plural filipinas)

1. Filipino (native or inhabitant of the Philippines)
2. Filipino (prestige register of the Tagalog language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Felipe +? -ino, demonym to las Islas Filipinas (“the Philippine Isles”), after El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fili?pino/, [fi.li?pi.no]

Adjective

filipino (feminine filipina, masculine plural filipinos, feminine plural filipinas)

1. Filipino; Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its people, language, and culture.

Derived terms

• fino filipino

Noun

filipino m (plural filipinos, feminine filipina, feminine plural filipinas)

1. a Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male
2. (obsolete, historical) A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

   Synonyms: insular, castellano, español

Noun

filipino m (uncountable)

1. Filipino (language); The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Descendants

• Tagalog: Pilipino

Further reading

• “filipino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.