"videophile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪd.i.əˌfaɪl/, /ˈvɪd.i.əʊˌfaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-videophile.wav Forms: videophiles [plural]
Etymology: From video- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|video|phile}} video- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} videophile (plural videophiles)
  1. A connoisseur of video, particularly one who values high-definition and otherwise high-quality video Categories (topical): Hobbyists
    Sense id: en-videophile-en-noun-Hln7uG7u Disambiguation of Hobbyists: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hybridisms, English terms suffixed with -phile, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. A fan of video games. Categories (topical): Fans (people), Video games
    Sense id: en-videophile-en-noun-Dg6hoaYC Disambiguation of Fans (people): 36 64 Disambiguation of Video games: 13 87 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with video-, English terms suffixed with -phile Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with video-: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: arctophile, audiophile, bibliophile, conspirophile, museophile, vexillophile

Inflected forms

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