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zoophilia

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • UK: /ˈzəʊ.əfɪliə/
  • UK: /ˈzəʊ.əʊfɪliə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈzoʊ.əfiliə/
  • US: /ˈzoʊ.oʊfiliə/
  • rhymes with -ɪliə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Excessive fondness for animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, derogatory, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a sexual attraction to animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: zoophilism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paraphilia

History

Etymology

From zoo- + -philia.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: পশুকামিতা (poxukamita) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Azerbaijani: zoofiliya — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Basque: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Belarusian: заафілія (zaafilija) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Bengali: পশুকামিতা (pośukamita) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Bulgarian: зоофи́лия (zoofílija) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Catalan: zoofília — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物戀 /动物恋 (dòngwùliàn) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戀獸癖 /恋兽癖 (liànshòupǐ) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Wu Chinese: 动物恋 — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Czech: zoofilie — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Danish: zoofili — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Dutch: zoöfilie — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Esperanto: zoofilio — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Estonian: zoofiilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Finnish: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Finnish: eläimiin sekaantuminen — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • French: zoophilie — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Galician: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Georgian: ზოოფილია (zoopilia) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • German: Zoophilie — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Greek: ζωοφιλία (zoofilía) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Hebrew: זואופיליה — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Hindi: पशुरति (paśurti) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Hindi: पशु-अनुरक्ति (paśu-anurakti) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Hungarian: zoofília — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Italian: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Japanese: ズーフィリア (zūfiria) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Lithuanian: zoofilija — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Macedonian: зоофилија (zoofilija) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Macedonian: скотолоштво (skotološtvo) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Norwegian: zoofili — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Pashto: حيوانيت — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Persian: زوفیلیا — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Polish: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Polish: sodomia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Portuguese: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Romanian: zoofilie — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Russian: зоофили́я (zoofilíja) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Sicilian: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Slovak: zoofília — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Slovene: zoofilija — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Slovene: bestialnost — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Spanish: zoofilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Swedish: zoofili — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Telugu: జూఫీలియా (jūphīliyā) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Thai: อาการกระสันสัตว์ — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Turkish: zoofili — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Ukrainian: зоофі́лія (zoofílija) — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Uzbek: zoofiliya — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Vietnamese: ái thú — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • Welsh: söoffilia — sexual attraction to or interaction with animals