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-phage
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phage
English
Etymology
From en la -phagus, from en grc φάγος glutton, from grc φαγεῖν to eat, aorist active infinitive of grc ἔφαγον I ate, devoured. Stem grc ἔφαγον φαγ- may also derive from ine-pro *bʰeh₂g- to divide, distributeφᾰγεῖν II 1543 thus ultimately 1 en bhakti (via sa भक्ति portion, division from root sa भज् to divide, to apportion).
Pronunciation
en /feɪd͡ʒ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phage.wav Southern England
en eɪdʒ 1
Suffix
eater; something that eats, or consumes.
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en phage -phagous -phagy -phagist
Translations
something that eats, or consumes
Finnish: fi -fagi
French: fr -phage
Galician: gl -fago m
German: de -phage m
Greek: el -φάγος m f
Italian: it -fago m
Japanese: ja 食い -食い -gui
Polish: pl -fag m
Portuguese: pt -fago m
Slovak: sk -fág m
Spanish: es -fago m
References
Anagrams
en aeghp Pegah
French
Etymology
fr :uder la:-phagus<ety:der<grc:φάγος>> +
From fr la - suffix la -phagus, from fr grc φάγος glutton, from fr grc φαγεῖν to eat.
Pronunciation
fr -phage
Suffix
en -phage
fr -vore
Derived terms
fr
fr allélophage autophage bibliophage caryophage conchyliophage créophage détritiphage euryphage géophage hippophage ichtyophage karyophage lithophage lotophage macrophage mallophage mégaœsophage méliphage mélophage microphage mycétophage œsophage œsophagectomie oligophage omophage ophiophage opiophage patriphage phage phyllophage planctophage polyphage prophage rhizophage saprophage sarcophage scatophage sténophage termitophage téléphage toxicophage
Related terms
fr -phagie
fr -phagique