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-philia
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philia
English
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Etymology
en :der grc:φῐλῐ́ᾱ 1
From en grc φιλία (fraternal) love.
Pronunciation
en /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/ /-ˈfiː.li.ə/
en ɪliə iːliə 3
en phil ia
Suffix
Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people
Teleiophilia = a love of adults
en pathology Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.
Antonyms
en -phobia
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en phil-, en philo-
en -philiac
en -philic
en -phile
en -phily
Translations
forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing
Catalan: ca -fília f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 親...派 qīn...pài, cmn 親 親- qīn-, cmn 崇拜 崇拜- chóngbài-
Danish: da -fili
Dutch: nl -filie
Finnish: fi -filia
French: fr -philie f
Galician: gl -filia f
Georgian: ka -ფილია
German: de -philie f
Hungarian: hu -fília, hu vonzalom, hu vonzódás
Japanese: ja 親...派 しん...は, shin...ha, ja -フィリア -firia
Malay: ms -filia
Polish: pl -filia f
Portuguese: pt -filia f
Romanian: ro -filie f
Russian: ru -фи́лия f
Serbo-Croatian: sh -filija
Spanish: es -filia f
Turkish: tr -fili
en Medicine