zoophilia

English

Alternative forms

• zoöphilia (chiefly dated)

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.əfɪliə/, /ˈzəʊ.əʊfɪliə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.əfiliə/, /ˈzoʊ.oʊfiliə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

zoophilia (countable and uncountable, plural zoophilias)

1. Human sexual attraction toward or sexual interaction with non-human animals.
2. (uncommon, chiefly derogatory) Excessive fondness for animals.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.

Translations

sexual attraction to or interaction with animals

• Bulgarian: зоофи́лия f (zoofílija)
• Catalan: zoofília f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動物戀／动物恋 (dòngwùliàn), 戀獸癖／恋兽癖 (liànshòupǐ)

• Czech: zoofilie (cs) f
• Dutch: zoöfilie (nl) f
• Finnish: zoofilia (fi); eläimiin sekaantuminen (fi) (act of interacting with animals)
• French: zoophilie (fr) f
• Galician: zoofilia (gl) f
• Georgian: ზოოფილია (ka) (zoopilia)
• German: Zoophilie f
• Hindi: पशुरति (paśurti), पशु-अनुरक्‍ति (paśu-anurak‍ti)
• Italian: zoofilia (it) f
• Japanese: ズーフィリア (zūfiria)
• Macedonian: зоофилија f (zoofilija), скотолоштво n (skotološtvo)
• Polish: zoofilia (pl), sodomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: zoofilia (pt) f
• Romanian: zoofilie (ro) f
• Russian: зоофили́я (ru) f (zoofilíja)
• Spanish: zoofilia (es) f
• Swedish: zoofili c
• Turkish: zoofili
• Ukrainian: зоофі́лія f (zoofílija)

See also

• zoophile