"philosophize" meaning in All languages combined

See philosophize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɪˈlɒsəfaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-philosophize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: philosophizes [present, singular, third-person], philosophizing [participle, present], philosophized [participle, past], philosophized [past], philosophise [alternative]
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  1. To ponder or reason out philosophically. Derived forms: philosophizable, philosophization, philosophizer, unphilosophize, unphilosophized Translations (ponder or reason out philosophically): φιλοσοφέω (philosophéō) (Ancient Greek), فَلْسَفَ (falsafa) (Arabic), философствам (filosofstvam) (Bulgarian), filosofar (Catalan), filozofovat (Czech), filozofi (Esperanto), filosofoida (Finnish), filosofar (Galician), philosophieren (German), φιλοσοφώ (filosofó) (Greek), הִתְפַּלְסֵף [colloquial, derogatory] (Hebrew), filozofál (Hungarian), bölcselkedik (Hungarian), филозофи́ра (filozofíra) (Macedonian), ūþwitian (Old English), filosofar (Portuguese), filosofar (Spanish), filosofera (Swedish), filosopön (Volapük)

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