philosophe
See also: philosophé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/
Noun
philosophe (plural philosophes)
- Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
- (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.lɔ.zɔf/
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Noun
philosophe m or f by sense (plural philosophes)
- philosopher
Derived terms
- philosophard
- philosopharde
- philosophâtre
Related terms
- philo
- philosophailler
- philosophal
- philosophale
- philosophant
- philosopher
- philosophie
- philosophique
- philosophiquement
- philosophisme
- philosophiste
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: filozòf
- → English: philosophe
- → Romanian: filozof
- → Turkish: filozof
Further reading
- “philosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adverb
philosophē (comparative philosophius, superlative philosophissimē)
- philosophically
Noun
philosophe
- vocative singular of philosophus
Adjective
philosophe
- masculine vocative singular of philosophus
References
- “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
Noun
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
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Related terms
- philosophie