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aelurophil

UK/iːˈljʊəɹəfɪl/

aelurophil is the alternative form of ailurophile.

Meaning of ailurophile

Noun

ailurophile (plural ailurophiles)

  1. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
    • He played the piano well, was an enthusiastic ailurophile, and persistently played solitaire while talking and writing.1971, E. F. Bleiler, “Introduction”, in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Montague Rhodes James, page 4

Forms of aelurophil

pluralaelurophils

Origin of aelurophil

From aeluro- + -phil.

Questions about aelurophil

What is aelurophil the alternative form of?
Aelurophil is the alternative form of ailurophile.
How do you pronounce aelurophil?
Aelurophil is pronounced /iːˈljʊəɹəfɪl/ (UK).

Words near aelurophil in the dictionary

  1. aelotropic
  2. aels
  3. aelurilline
  4. aelurillines
  5. aeluro-
  6. aelurophil
  7. aelurophile
  8. aelurophiles
  9. aelurophils
  10. aelurophobe
  11. aelurophobes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aelurophil (page history and authors); ailurophile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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