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pēd'-ə-fīl'
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/ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/
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pĕd'-ə-fīl'
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[ˈphɛ.ɾəˌfaɪ̯ɫ]
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Australian:
pĕd'-ə-fīl'
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P EH1 D OW0 F AY0 L
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P EH1 D AH0 F IH0 L
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An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences, sexology, sexuality
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, derogatory
Qualifier: common use
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A consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, derogatory, nonstandard
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an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: paedophile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παιδ- (paid-)lbor. English pedo- Proto-Indo-European *bhil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bhil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile ▲ Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) ▲ Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φῐλέω (phĭléō) Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs)der. English pedophile From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).
Across languages
Translations 74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz :
ахәыҷыбзиабаҩ
(axwəčʼəbzjabajw)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Abkhaz :
апедофил
(apʼedofil)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Albanian :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Armenian :
մանկապիղծ
(mankapiġc)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Azerbaijani :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Azerbaijani :
uşaqbaz
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Belarusian :
педафі́л
(pjedafíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Belarusian :
педафі́лка
(pjedafílka)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Bulgarian :
педофи́л
(pedofíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Bulgarian :
педофи́лка
(pedofílka)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Catalan :
pedòfil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Catalan :
pedòfila
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Chinese Cantonese :
戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者
(lyun2 tung4 pik1 waan6 ze2)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Chinese Cantonese :
金魚佬 /金鱼佬
(gam1 jyu4 lou2)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Chinese Mandarin :
戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者
(liàntóngpǐ huànzhě)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Czech :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Danish :
pædofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Dutch :
pedofiel
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Esperanto :
pedofilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Estonian :
pedofiil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Finnish :
pedofiili
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
French :
pédophile
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Galician :
pedófilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Galician :
pedófila
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Georgian :
პედოფილი
(ṗedopili)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
German :
Pädophiler
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
German :
Pädophile
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Greek :
παιδεραστής
(paiderastís)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Greek :
παιδοφῐ́λης
(paidofílis)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Hebrew :
פֶּדוֹפִיל
(pedofíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Hungarian :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Icelandic :
barnaníðingur
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Indonesian :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Irish :
péidifileach
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Italian :
pedofilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Italian :
paidofilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Japanese :
小児性愛者
(shōniseiaisha)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Japanese :
小児愛者
(shōniaisha)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Japanese :
幼児性愛者
(yōjiseiaisha)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Japanese :
ロリコン
(rorikon)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Kazakh :
педофил
(pedofil)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Korean :
소아 성애자
(soa seong'aeja)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Kyrgyz :
педофил
(pedofil)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Latvian :
pedofils
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Lithuanian :
pedofilas
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Macedonian :
педофи́л
(pedofíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Macedonian :
педофи́лка
(pedofílka)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Norwegian Bokmål :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Polish :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Portuguese :
pedófilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Portuguese :
pedófila
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Romanian :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Romanian :
pedofilă
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Russian :
педофи́л
(pedofíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Russian :
педофи́лка
(pedofílka)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Serbo-Croatian :
педо̀фӣл
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Serbo-Croatian :
педофилка
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Serbo-Croatian :
pedòfīl
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Serbo-Croatian :
pedofilka
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Sicilian :
pitòfilu
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Slovak :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Slovene :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Spanish :
pedófilo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Spanish :
pedófila
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Swedish :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Swedish :
peddo
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Turkish :
sübyancı
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Turkish :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Ukrainian :
педофі́л
(pedofíl)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Ukrainian :
педофі́лка
(pedofílka)
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Uzbek :
pedofil
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Vietnamese :
người ái nhi
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Walloon :
margougneu d’ efant
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Welsh :
pedoffilydd
— an adult who is sexually attracted to children
