philosophie

See also: Philosophie

English

Noun

philosophie (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)

1. Obsolete form of philosophy.

Anagrams

• ophiophiles

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French philosophie, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā); compare philosophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi/

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Noun

philosophie f (plural philosophies)

1. philosophy, the study of thoughts
2. philosophy, one's manner of thinking
3. (printing, dated) small pica: 11-point type
4. a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude

   L'accusé a accueilli le verdict de culpabilité avec philosophie.

   The accused received the guilty verdict philosophically.

Related terms

• philosophe

Further reading

• “philosophie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Alternative forms

• filosofie, filozofie, fylosophye, philosofie, philosophye
• filosophy, phelosophie, phelosophye, philosophy, philozophie, philsophi, philsophie, phylosophi (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French philosophie, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā); compare philosophre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˌlɔzɔˈfiː(ə)/, /fiˌlɔzəˈfiː(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔzɔˌfiː(ə)/, /fiˈlɔzəˌfiː(ə)/ (with stress shift)

Noun

philosophie (uncountable)

1. Knowledge; the appreciation or pursuit of knowledge or wisdom:
   1. Science, natural philosophy; the study of nature.
   2. Ethics, moral philosophy; the study of morality.
   3. Alchemy or occultism; the study of the occult.
   4. The advanced knowledge taught at university after the trivium and quadrivium.
2. Logic; rational argumentation (contrasting with revelation)

Descendants

• English: philosophy
• Middle Scots: philosophie, philosophy
  • Scots: philosophy

References

• “philosophīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “philosophy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• “philosophy, -i(e, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā).

Noun

philosophie oblique singular, f (oblique plural philosophies, nominative singular philosophie, nominative plural philosophies)

1. philosophy (area of study)

Descendants

• French: philosophie
• → Middle English: philosophie
  • English: philosophy
  • Middle Scots: philosophie, philosophy
    • Scots: philosophy