-phile / -philia
lover of; fondness for
Greek · -philos (-φίλος)
Greek philos means "loving". -phile names a lover of something: a bibliophile loves books, an audiophile loves fine sound, a cinephile loves films. The noun form -philia names the love itself.
Memory trick
PHILE sounds like "FILE": a bibliophile keeps a FILE of every book.
Words from this root
- bibliophile (biblio + phile) — lover of booksकिताबों का शौक़ीन
- anglophile (anglo + phile) — admirer of Englandअंग्रेज़ों का प्रशंसक
- audiophile (audio + phile) — lover of high-quality soundउच्च गुणवत्ता की ध्वनि का शौक़ीन
- cinephile (cine + phile) — lover of cinemaसिनेमा प्रेमी
- oenophile (oeno + phile) — lover of wineशराब का शौक़ीन
- discophile (disco + phile) — collector of recordsरिकॉर्ड संग्राहक
- ailurophile (ailuro + phile) — lover of catsबिल्ली प्रेमी
- neophilia (neo + philia) — love of new thingsनई चीज़ों का शौक़