See Also: -phile(medicine)
phile(dictionary)
phile(dictionary)

phile (iou)



-phile suffix. .
[Repr. Greek philos loving, dear.]
Forming nouns & adjectives in and after Latin and French with the sense 'lover, that loves', as Anglophile, bibliophile, logophile, paedophile, etc.; in Biology & Chemistry etc., with the sense '(thing) having an affinity for a substance, stain, etc.', as eosinophil, hydrophile, nucleophile, etc. Cf. -PHILOUS.