thermophile

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

1. (biology) An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea.

Hypernyms

• extremophile

Derived terms

• thermophilic
• hyperthermophile

Related terms

• thermophilic

Translations

organism that lives and thrives at relative high temperatures

• Catalan: termòfil
• Finnish: termofiili
• French: thermophile (fr)
• Greek: θερμόφιλος (el) (thermófilos)
• Italian: termofilo
• Occitan: termofil
• Portuguese: termófilo m
• Russian: термофил (ru) m (termofil)
• Spanish: termófilo (es)

French

Adjective

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

1. (biology) thermophilous, thermophilic

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

thermophile

1. inflection of thermophil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

thermophile

1. vocative masculine singular of thermophilus