"-phile" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-phila}} Latin -phila, {{uder|en|grc|φίλος||dear, beloved}} Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -phile, {{en-suffix}} -phile
  1. Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend". Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -phil Related terms: -philia, -philiac, -maniac, -mane Translations (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend"): -fil [masculine] (Catalan), -fil (Danish), -fiili (Finnish), -phile (French), -filo [masculine] (Galician), -ფილი (-pili) (Georgian), -φιλος (-filos) (Greek), -fil (Hungarian), -barát (Hungarian), -kedvelő (Hungarian), -filo (Italian), -fil (Norwegian Bokmål), -fil (Norwegian Nynorsk), -fil [masculine] (Polish), -filo (Portuguese), -fil (Serbo-Croatian), -filu (Sicilian), -filo (Spanish), -fil (Swedish)

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      "sense": "Forming nouns and adjectives denoting \"friend\"",
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      "sense": "Forming nouns and adjectives denoting \"friend\"",
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      "sense": "Forming nouns and adjectives denoting \"friend\"",
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