"-phage" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

IPA: /feɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--phage.wav
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ Etymology: From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-phagus}} Latin -phagus, {{der|en|grc|φάγος|t=glutton}} Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -phage, {{en-suffix}} -phage
  1. Something that eats, or consumes. Tags: morpheme Related terms: phage, -phagist, -phagous, -phagy Translations (something that eats, or consumes): -fagi (Finnish), -phage (French), -fago [masculine] (Galician), -φάγος (-fágos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), -fago [masculine] (Italian), -fag [masculine] (Polish), -fago [masculine] (Portuguese), -fago [masculine] (Spanish)

Suffix [French]

IPA: /faʒ/
Etymology: From Latin suffix -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|fr|grc|φάγος||glutton}} Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), {{uder|fr|grc|φαγεῖν||to eat}} Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} -phage, {{fr-suffix}} -phage
  1. -phage Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -vore Related terms: -phagie, -phagique
    Sense id: en--phage-fr-suffix-fzOB7RBN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: allélophage, autophage, bibliophage, caryophage, conchyliophage, créophage, détritiphage, euryphage, géophage, hippophage, ichtyophage, karyophage, lithophage, lotophage, macrophage, mallophage, mégaœsophage, méliphage, mélophage, microphage, mycétophage, œsophage, œsophagectomie, oligophage, omophage, ophiophage, opiophage, patriphage, phage, phyllophage, planctophage, polyphage, prophage, rhizophage, saprophage, sarcophage, scatophage, sténophage, téléphage, termitophage, toxicophage
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  "word": "-phage"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (4eaa824 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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