Dictionary

-phile en · X

Pronunciation

• /faɪ̯l/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile Learned borrowing from Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".
   • Scott is such a bibliophile that he won't even put that book down.

Forms

Antonyms

-phobe

Relateds

-philia · -mane · -maniac · -philiac

Translations (23)

hu -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · hu -barát (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · pt -filo (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · el -φιλος (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · scn -filu (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · nb -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · it -filo (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · ca -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · de -phil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · es -filo (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · da -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · tr -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · nn -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · fi -fiili (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · fr -phile (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · sv -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · ro -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · pl -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · hu -kedvelő (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · bg -фил (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · gl -filo (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · sh -fil (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") · ka -ფილი (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend")