-phile

See also: phi lê

English

Alternative forms

• -phil

Etymology

From Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faɪ̯l/

Suffix

-phile

1. Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

   Scott is such a bibliophile that he won't even put that book down.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “forming nouns and adjectives”): -phobe

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phile

Related terms

• -philia
• -philiac

Translations

Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend"

• Catalan: -fil (ca) m
• Danish: -fil
• Finnish: -fiili
• French: -phile (fr)
• Galician: -filo (gl) m
• Georgian: -ფილი (-pili)
• Greek: -φιλος (el) (-filos)
• Hungarian: -fil, -barát, -kedvelő (hu)
• Italian: -filo (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -fil

  Nynorsk: -fil

• Polish: -fil (pl) m
• Portuguese: -filo (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: -fil
• Sicilian: -filu
• Spanish: -filo (es)
• Swedish: -fil (sv)

See also

• -maniac
• -mane

Anagrams

• Piehl

French

Etymology

From Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, fils, Phil

Suffix

-phile

1. -philic, -phile

   Antonym: -phobe

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -phile

Descendants

• → Turkish: -fil