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philosophe

UK/ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/

philosophe noun: any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.

Noun

philosophe (plural philosophes)

  1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
  2. (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
    • Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14

philosophe meaning in Tamil

philosophe in Tamil

மெய்யியல்

Forms of philosophe

pluralphilosophes

Origin of philosophe

Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).

Words formed from philosophe

Questions about philosophe

What does philosophe mean?
Philosophe means any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
What is philosophe in Tamil?
Philosophe in Tamil is மெய்யியல். See Philosophe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is philosophe?
Philosophe is a noun.
How do you pronounce philosophe?
Philosophe is pronounced /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/ (UK).
What is the plural of philosophe?
The plural of philosophe is philosophes.

Words near philosophe in the dictionary

  1. philosophated
  2. philosophates
  3. philosophating
  4. philosophation
  5. philosophations
  6. philosophe
  7. philosopheme
  8. philosophemes
  9. philosopher
  10. philosopher by fire
  11. philosopher king

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Adapted from Wiktionary: philosophe (page history and authors); philosophe (Tamil 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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