-phile
See also: phi lê
English
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Learned borrowing from Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]-phile
- Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".
- Antonym: -phobe
- Scott is such a bibliophile that he won't even put that book down.
Derived terms
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[edit]Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend"
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From Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fil/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, fils, Phil
Suffix
[edit]-phile (adjective-forming suffix, plural -philes)
- -philic
- Antonym: -phobe
- anglo- + -phile → anglophile (“Anglophilic”)
- techno- + -phile → technophile (“technophilic”)
Suffix
[edit]-phile m or f by sense (referring to people) or m (referring to organisms) (noun-forming suffix, plural -philes)
- -phile
- Antonym: -phobe
- haltère (“barbell, weight”) + -phile → haltérophile m or f by sense (“weightlifter”)
- extrême (“extreme”) + -phile → extrêmophile m (“extremophile”)
Derived terms
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[edit]- → Turkish: -fil
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰil-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English 1-syllable words
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- French terms derived from Latin
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- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰil-
- French learned borrowings from Latin
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