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philia

Syllables: phil·ia/ˈfɪ.li.ə/

philia noun: friendship.

Noun

philia (countable and uncountable, plural philias)

  1. friendship
  2. liking
  3. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

philia meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

philia in Tamil

நாட்டம்

philia in Bengali

বন্ধুত্ব, পছন্দ

philia in Malayalam

ഇഷ്ടം

Antonyms of philia

Forms of philia

pluralphilias

Origin of philia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Words that rhyme with philia

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Questions about philia

What does philia mean?
Philia means friendship.
What is philia in Tamil?
Philia in Tamil is நாட்டம். See Philia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is philia?
Philia is a noun.
How do you pronounce philia?
Philia is pronounced /ˈfɪ.li.ə/.
What is the plural of philia?
The plural of philia is philias.

Words near philia in the dictionary

  1. Philhellenist
  2. Philhellenists
  3. philhippic
  4. Philhower
  5. Philhowers
  6. philia
  7. philiac
  8. philiacs
  9. philias
  10. philiater
  11. philiaters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: philia (page history and authors); philia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philia (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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