-phagy

English Etymology en :lbor grc:-φᾰγίᾱ 1 From en grc -φαγία 1, combining form of grc φαγεῖν to eat, infinitive aorist of grc ἐσθίω I eat. Pronunciation en US /ˈfeɪ.d͡ʒi/ penultimate stress /fə.d͡ʒi/ antepenultimate stress en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phagy.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phagy.wav Southern England Suffix en forming nouns Feeding on; consumption of. en forming nouns Eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal. Derived terms en en feeding on, consumption of adelphophagy androphagy autocoprophagy autophagy bacteriophagy coprophagy embryophagy encephalophagy endophagy entomophagy exophagy foliophagy geophagy hematophagy hippophagy lepidophagy matriphagy monophagy myrmecophagy oligophagy phytophagy polyphagy placentophagy necrophagy oophagy ophiophagy paedophagy rhizophagy rhypophagy saprophagy theophagy xerophagy xylophagy zoophagy en feeding in a specific manner allotriophagy dysphagy poltophagy psomophagy Translations the consumption of Finnish: fi -fagia German: de -phagie f Greek: el -φαγία f, el φαγίες f-p Ancient Greek: grc -φαγία f Italian: it -fagia f Japanese: ja 食い -食い gui Polish: pl -fagia f Portuguese: pt -fagia f Spanish: es -fagia f See also en -phage en -phagous en -vore en 2-syllable words