-phile

See also: phi lê

English

Alternative forms

• (misspelling) -phille
• -phil

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos

Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.

Latin -philalbor.

English -phile

Learned borrowing from Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɪ̯l/

Suffix

-phile

2. Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

   Antonym: -phobe

   Scott is such a bibliophile that he won't even put that book down.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phile

acidophile

acrodendrophile

acrophile

adipophilin

adultophile

aerophile

Afrophile

ailurophile

alethophile

algophile

algorithmophile

alkaliphile

allophile

Americophile

amphiphile

amphophile

androphile

Anglophile

animatophile

anodophile

anthophile

Arabophile

arachnophile

arctophile

arenophile

Armenophile

Asiaphile

astrophile

atmophile

audiophile

Austrophile

autophile

aviphile

bananaphile

Banglaphile

barophile

bathyphile

Belgophile

biastophile

bibliophile

blogophile

Bondophile

botanophile

brandophile

Brandophile

Britophile

bulbophile

Bulgarophile

Bushophile

butyrophilin

cactophile

calciphile

Cambrophile

Canadaphile

Canadophile

caninophile

canophile

capnophile

cartophile

caseophile

Castrophile

Catalanophile

cataphile

catophile

ceraunophile

chalcophile

chalcophilic

chionophile

chocophile

Christianophile

chromophile

chronophile

chrysophile

cinemaphile

cinephile

claustrophile

colombophile

complementophile

computerphile

conspirophile

coprophile

cryophile

cynophile

Danophile

Dantophile

dendrophile

desertophile

diatomophile

dienophile

dinophile

dipolarophile

discophile

Disneyphile

dogophile

egophile

Egyptophile

electrophile

elephantophile

emetophile

entomophile

eosinophil

ephebophile

eproctophile

equiphile

erectophile

ergophile

erotophonophile

ethnophile

europhile

Europhile

extremophile

fatphile

felinophile

felophile

Fennophile

fluviophile

foodophile

Francophile

fromagophile

fructophile

fungiphile

galanthophile

Gallophile

ganjaphile

gastrophile

geophile

Germanophile

gerontophile

gerophile

glossophile

gospelphile

gynecophile

gynephile

gynophile

haloalkaliphile

halophile

hebephile

heliophile

Hellenophile

herpetophile

heterophile

Hibernophile

hippophile

Hispanophile

hispanophile

hodophile

Hollandophile

homophile

hoplophile

horophile

Hugophile

Hungarophile

hybristophile

hydrophile

-philic

ichthyophile

iconophile

immunophilin

incestophile

Indonesiaphile

Indophile

infantophile

infracaninophile

iodophile

Iranophile

Islamophile

islandophile

Israelophile

Italophile

Japanophile

jazzophile

Jewphile

Judaeophile

Judeophile

Koreaphile

korephile

laconophile

Laconophile

lactophile

Latinophile

lesbophile

lexophile

librophile

linguaphile

lipophile

lithophile

logophile

Londonphile

Lusophile

lyophile

macrophile

magnesiophile

mangophile

Marvelophile

melanophilin

melophile

mesophile

metrophile

museophile

musicophile

Related terms

• -philia
• -philiac

Translations

Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend"

Catalan: -fil (ca) m Danish: -fil Finnish: -fiili French: -phile (fr) Galician: -filo (gl) m Georgian: -ფილი (-pili) German: -phil (de) Greek: -φιλος (el) (-filos) Hungarian: -fil, -barát, -kedvelő (hu) Italian: -filo (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: -fil Nynorsk: -fil Polish: -fil (pl) m Portuguese: -filo (pt) Romanian: -fil Serbo-Croatian: -fil Sicilian: -filu Spanish: -filo (es) Swedish: -fil (sv) Turkish: -fil

See also

• -maniac
• -mane

Anagrams

• Piehl

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰílos

Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.

Latin -philalbor.

French -phile

From Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophones: fil, file, filent, files, fils, Phil

Suffix

-phile

1. -philic, -phile

   Antonym: -phobe

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -phile

acidophile

acrophile

aérophile

anémophile

anglophile

anthropophile

arabophile

argentophile

azophile

bédéphile

bibliophile

biophile

bulgarophile

cartophile

chromophile

cinéphile

colombophile

dendrophile

discophile

électrophile

ésitériophile

europhile

extrêmophile

francophile

fromagophile

germanophile

gérontophile

halophile

haltérophile

héliophile

hélophile

hémophile

hétérophile

hispanophile

hygrophile

italophile

librophile

livrophile

malacophile

mésophile

myrmécophile

nécrophile

nucléophile

ombrophile

oxophile

photophile

piézophile

psychophile

psychrophile

radiophile

rhéophile

scatophile

sciaphile

sciophile

slavophile

technophile

tintinophile

urophile

vinophile

xénophile

xérophile

Descendants

• → Turkish: -fil