-phile

phi lê English Alternative forms en misspelling en -phille en -phil Etymology en loving :lbor la:-phila<id:loving> 1 en la -phila, from en grc φίλος dear, beloved. Pronunciation en /faɪ̯l/ Suffix en loving Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend". en -phobe en Scott is such a bibliophile that he won't even put that book down. Derived terms en Related terms en -philia en -philiac Translations Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend" Bulgarian: bg -фил Catalan: ca -fil m Danish: da -fil Finnish: fi -fiili French: fr -phile Galician: gl -filo m Georgian: ka -ფილი German: de -phil Greek: el -φιλος Hungarian: hu -fil, hu -barát, hu kedvelő -kedvelő Italian: it -filo Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -fil Nynorsk: nn -fil Polish: pl -fil m-pr Portuguese: pt -filo Romanian: ro -fil Serbo-Croatian: sh -fil Sicilian: scn -filu Spanish: es -filo Swedish: sv -fil Turkish: tr -fil See also en -maniac en -mane Anagrams en ehilp Piehl en productive suffixes French Etymology fr loving :lbor la:-phila<id:loving> 1 From fr la -phila, from fr grc φίλος dear, beloved. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR--phile.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick--phile.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr fil file filent files fils Phil -philes phylle phylles Suffix -philic fr -phobe fr anglo- anglophile<t:Anglophilic> fr techno- technophile<t:technophilic> Suffix mfbysense<qq:referring to people>,m<qq:referring to organisms> en -phile fr -phobe fr haltère<t:barbell, weight> haltérophile<t:weightlifter><g:mfbysense> fr extrême<t:extreme> extrêmophile<t:extremophile><g:m> Derived terms fr Descendants tr -fil 1