-filia

See also: filia, -fília, and -filią

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English -philia), ultimately from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

Suffix

-filia

1. -philia

Anagrams

• faili

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “friendship, affection, love”).

Suffix

-filia

1. -philia
2. -phily

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -filia

Anagrams

• filai, ifali

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: fi‧lia

Suffix

-filia f

1. -philia

   ‎kseno- + ‎-filia → ‎ksenofilia

Declension

Declension of -filia

	singular	plural
nominative	-filia	-filie
genitive	-filii	-filii/-filij (archaic)
dative	-filii	-filiom
accusative	-filię	-filie
instrumental	-filią	-filiami
locative	-filii	-filiach
vocative	-filio	-filie

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -filia

See also

• -fil, filo-

Further reading

• -filia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈli.ɐ/

Suffix

-filia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -filias)

1. -philia (forming words meaning liking or loving for something)
2. (pathology) -philia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -filia

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “friendship, affection, love”).

Suffix

-filia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -filias)

1. -philia

   Antonym: -fobia

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -filia

Related terms

• -filo
• filo-

 

Further reading

• “-filia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014