philologue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French philologue, from Latin philologus (“lover of learning”), from Ancient Greek φιλολόγος (philológos, “lover of words and learning”). Equivalent to philo- +‎ -logue.

Noun

philologue (plural philologues)

1. (archaic) A philologist.
   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling:

     One cannot under any circumstances conceive of Sterling as a steady dictionary philologue, historian, or archaeologist[.]

References

• “philologue”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “philologue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɔ.lɔɡ/

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Noun

philologue m or f by sense (plural philologues)

1. philologist

Related terms

• philologie
• philologique

Further reading

• “philologue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.