philosophe
See also: philosophé
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/
Noun edit
philosophe (plural philosophes)
- Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
- (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
- 1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14:
- Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
philosophe m or f by sense (plural philosophes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: filozòf
- → English: philosophe
- → Romanian: filozof
- → Turkish: filozof
Further reading edit
- “philosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adverb edit
philosophē (comparative philosophius, superlative philosophissimē)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
philosophe
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
philosophe
References edit
- “philosophe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “philosophe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- philosophe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle French edit
Noun edit
philosophe m (plural philosophes)
- philosopher
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 29:
- ung moult preudomme clerc et philosophe trés saige
- a noble, wise clergyman and philosopher