"-phobe" meaning in French

See -phobe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -phobes [plural], -phobes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|φόβος|t=fear}} Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} -phobe (adjective-forming suffix, plural -phobes), {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} -phobe m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -phobes)
  1. -phobic (forms adjectives) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--phobe-fr-suffix-O4oVypl0 Categories (other): French masculine and feminine suffixes by sense Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine suffixes by sense: 51 49
  2. -phobe (forms nouns) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--phobe-fr-suffix-dJf4tTf3 Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine suffixes by sense, French suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 36 36 5 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 34 4 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 3 35 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine suffixes by sense: 51 49 Disambiguation of French suffixes with multiple genders: 41 59

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -phobe meaning in French (1.4kB)

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