-philia
Syllables: phil·ia/-ˈfɪ.li.ə/
-philia suffix: used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
Suffix
-philia
- Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
- Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people
- Teleiophilia = a love of adults
- Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.
Antonyms of -philia
Origin of -philia
From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).
Words that rhyme with -philia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
- vorarephilia
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- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about -philia
- What does -philia mean?
- -philia means used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
- What part of speech is -philia?
- -philia is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -philia?
- -philia is pronounced /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/.
Words near -philia in the dictionary
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