-philia

See also: philia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /-ˈfiː.li.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə, -iːliə
• Hyphenation: phil‧ia

Suffix

-philia

1. Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).

   Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people

2. (pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

Antonyms

• -phobia

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -philia

Related terms

• phil-, philo-
• -philiac
• -philic
• -phile
• -phily

Translations

forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing

• Catalan: -fília f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親...派 / 亲...派 (qīn...pài), 親- / 亲- (zh) (qīn-), 崇拜- (zh) (chóngbài-)

• Dutch: -filie (nl)
• Finnish: -filia
• French: -philie (fr) f
• Galician: -filia (gl) f
• Georgian: -ფილია (-pilia)
• German: -philie (de) f
• Hungarian: -fília, vonzalom (hu), vonzódás (hu)
• Japanese: 親...派 (しん...は, shin...ha), -フィリア (-firia)
• Malay: -filia (ms)
• Polish: -filia (pl) f
• Portuguese: -filia (pt) f
• Romanian: -filie f
• Russian: -фи́лия f (-fílija)
• Serbo-Croatian: -filija
• Spanish: -filia (es) f
• Turkish: -fili