philia

See also: -philia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φιλία (philía)bor.

English philia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /ˈfiː.li.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə, -iːliə
• Hyphenation: phil‧ia

Noun

philia (countable and uncountable, plural philias)

1. friendship
2. liking
3. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

Antonyms

• (in psychology): phobia

Translations

friendship — see friendship

liking — see liking

psychological disorder

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ֆիլիա (filia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗜好 (zh) (shìhào)， 癖好 (zh) (pǐhào)

• Czech: filie f
• Dutch: voorliefde (nl) f
• French: philie f
• German: Philie f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 嗜好 (ja) (Shikō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: filia (pt) f
• Russian: фили́я (ru) f (filíja)
• Spanish: filia (es) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• OED 2006