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aelurophile

UK/iːˈljʊəɹəˌfaɪl/

aelurophile is the alternative spelling 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 aelurophile

pluralaelurophiles

Origin of aelurophile

From aeluro- + -phile.

Questions about aelurophile

What is aelurophile the alternative spelling of?
Aelurophile is the alternative spelling of ailurophile.
How do you pronounce aelurophile?
Aelurophile is pronounced /iːˈljʊəɹəˌfaɪl/ (UK).

Words near aelurophile in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aelurophile (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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