-philia en · X
Pronunciation
- /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/
- /-ˈfiː.li.ə/
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 φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).
Meanings
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(morpheme) Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
Teleiophilia = a love of adults
Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people
- (morpheme) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.
Antonyms
Relateds
phil- · -phile · -phily · -philic · philo- · -philiac
Translations (24)
fi -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · cmn 親...派 /亲...派 (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · nl -filie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · cmn 崇拜- (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · de -philie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · fr -philie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · da -fili (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · hu -fília (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · pt -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ms -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ro -filie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · sh -filija (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · gl -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · hu vonzalom (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · tr -fili (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · cmn 親- /亲- (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ka -ფილია (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ja 親...派 (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · es -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · pl -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ru -фи́лия (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ja -フィリア (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · hu vonzódás (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) · ca -fília (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)