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autophile

autophile noun: an automobile enthusiast.

Noun

autophile (plural autophiles)

  1. An automobile enthusiast.
    • The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times

Forms of autophile

pluralautophiles

Origin of autophile

From auto- + -phile.

Questions about autophile

What does autophile mean?
Autophile means an automobile enthusiast.
What part of speech is autophile?
Autophile is a noun.
What is the plural of autophile?
The plural of autophile is autophiles.

Words near autophile in the dictionary

  1. autophagosomes
  2. autophagosomic
  3. autophagous
  4. autophagy
  5. autophanous
  6. autophile
  7. autophiles
  8. autophilia
  9. autophobia
  10. autophobic
  11. autophobicity

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