korephilia
English
/ˌkɔɹɪˈfɪli.ə/, /kɒɹɪˈfɪlɪə/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) eros attraction of a woman or older female toward young girl; lesbian pederasty.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek κόρη (girl, daughter, maiden) + Ancient Greek φιλία (love, friendship, affection).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φιλία
Gloss
love, friendship, affection
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philia English
- -phily English
- Corinne English
- korephile English
- korophile English
- philia English
- kore Finnish
- cora Latin
- Philharmonie German
- -philie French
- -filia Spanish, Castilian
- Λεωκόρειον Ancient Greek
- κόρη Ancient Greek
- φιλία Ancient Greek
- φῐλέω Ancient Greek
- κόρη Greek (modern)
- φιλία Greek (modern)
- κορίτσιν gkm
- *kórwā Proto-Hellenic