noun
Meaning 1
One who loves books.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bibliophile
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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bĭb′lē-ə-fīl′′
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UK: /ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl/
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UK: /ˈbɪblɪəfɪl/
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UK: /ˌbɪblɪˈɒfəˌlɪzəm/
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US: /ˈbɪb li əˌfaɪl/
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US: /ˈbɪb li əˌfɪl/
noun
Meaning 2
One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
One who loves the Bible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of bibliophile (“one who loves the Bible”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
someone who loves (and usually collects) books
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: booklover, book lover
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
History
Etymology
First attested in 1820. From biblio- + -phile (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”)), probably after French bibliophile.
From Biblio- + -phile.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bibliofiel — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Catalan: bibliòfil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Czech: bibliofil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Dutch: bibliofiel — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Finnish: bibliofiili — person who loves books — see also book lover
- French: bibliophile — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bücherfreund — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bücherfreundin — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bücherliebhaber — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bücherliebhaberin — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Buchliebhaber — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Buchliebhaberin — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bibliophiler — person who loves books — see also book lover
- German: Bibliophile — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Greek: βιβλιόφιλος (vivliófilos) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Icelandic: bókamaður — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Ido: bibliofilo — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Irish: leabharbhách — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Kazakh: кітапқұмар (kıtapqūmar) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Macedonian: книгољубец (knigoljubec) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Macedonian: библиофил (bibliofil) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Norwegian Bokmål: bibliofil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Norwegian Bokmål: biblioman — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Polish: bibliofil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Portuguese: bibliófilo — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Portuguese: bibliófila — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Russian: книголю́б (knigoljúb) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Russian: библиофи́л (bibliofíl) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Spanish: bibliófilo — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Spanish: bibliófila — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Swedish: bibliofil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Turkish: kitapsever — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Turkish: bibliyofil — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Ukrainian: бібліофі́л (bibliofíl) — person who loves books — see also book lover
- Ukrainian: книголю́б (knyholjúb) — person who loves books — see also book lover