"philander" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɪˈlændə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɪˈlændəɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-philander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: philanders [plural]
Etymology: From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Philander}} Philander, {{der|en|grc|Φίλανδρος}} Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), {{m|grc|φίλανδρος|t=loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy}} φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} philander (plural philanders)
  1. A lover.
    Sense id: en-philander-en-noun-VFPSIkmW
  2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander). Categories (lifeform): Marsupials Translations (Caluromys philander): philanderinvillapussirotta (Finnish), venezuelanvillaopossumi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-philander-en-noun-D8y~N82l Disambiguation of Marsupials: 1 47 35 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 41 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 49 38 12 Disambiguation of 'Caluromys philander': 0 100 0
  3. (obsolete) A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis). Tags: obsolete Translations (Macrotis lagotis): isopussikaniini (Finnish), isokorvapusseli (Finnish), större kaninpunggrävling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-philander-en-noun-eg-0Gsxc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 41 20 Disambiguation of 'Macrotis lagotis': 0 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: filander

Verb

IPA: /fɪˈlændə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɪˈlændəɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-philander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: philanders [present, singular, third-person], philandering [participle, present], philandered [participle, past], philandered [past]
Etymology: From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Philander}} Philander, {{der|en|grc|Φίλανδρος}} Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), {{m|grc|φίλανδρος|t=loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy}} φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)
  1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: womanize, womanise Derived forms: philanderer, philandering Translations (To make love to women; to play the male flirt): флиртувам (flirtuvam) (Bulgarian), liiderdama (Estonian), הִתְפַּרְפֵּר (hitparpér) [slang] (Hebrew), flirtar (Portuguese), флиртовать (flirtovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-philander-en-verb-6HMUSJg6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 41 20

Inflected forms

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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɪˈlændə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɪˈlændəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "womanize"
    },
    {
      "word": "womanise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "flirtuvam",
      "sense": "To make love to women; to play the male flirt",
      "word": "флиртувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "To make love to women; to play the male flirt",
      "word": "liiderdama"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitparpér",
      "sense": "To make love to women; to play the male flirt",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "הִתְפַּרְפֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To make love to women; to play the male flirt",
      "word": "flirtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "flirtovatʹ",
      "sense": "To make love to women; to play the male flirt",
      "word": "флиртовать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "philander"
}

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