pedophile

English

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Alternative forms

• paedophile
• pædophile

Etymology

From pedo- +‎ -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδόφιλος (paidophilos) (from παῖς (pais, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (phileō, “I love”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pēd'-ə-fīl', IPA: /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/, X-SAMPA: /"pi:.d@%faIl/

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• (US) enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA: /ˈpɛ.dəˌfaɪl/, X-SAMPA: /"pE.d@%faIl/

Noun

pedophile (plural pedophiles)

1. A person who is sexually attracted to children. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14‎, page 253

     Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.

   • 1986, Patrick B. McGuigan & Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America‎, page 109

     The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.

Usage notes

• In the US the official psychiatric designation (according to the DSM-IV) is: Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children.

Derived terms

• pedophilophile, paedophilophile (humorous)

Related terms

• pedophilia
• paedophilia
• pederast
• paederast
• ephebophile

Synonyms

• childlover

Translations

a person who is sexually attracted to children

• Armenian: մանկապիղծ (hy) (mankapiłc) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀童癖患者 (cmn), 恋童癖患者 (cmn) (liàntóngpǐ huànzhě)

• Czech: pedofil (cs) m
• Danish: pædofil (da) c
• Dutch: pedofiel (nl) m
• Finnish: pedofiili (fi)
• French: pédophile (fr) m and f
• German: pädophil (de) (adjective)
• Irish: péidifileach (ga) m

• Italian: pedofilo (it) m
• Japanese: 小児性愛者 (ja) (しょうにせいあいしゃ, shōniseiaisha), 小児愛者 (ja) (しょうにあいしゃ, shōniaisha), ロリコン (ja) (rorikon)
• Macedonian: педофил (mk) (pedofíl) m
• Norwegian: pedofili (no)
• Polish: pedofil (pl) m
• Portuguese: pedófilo (pt) m, pedófila (pt) f
• Russian: педофил (ru) (pedofíl) m 
• Spanish: pedófilo (es) m
• Swedish: pedofil (sv) c