philia
English
/ˈfɪli.ə/
noun
Definitions
- friendship
- liking
- (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something
Etymology
Borrowed from 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
- korephilia English
- Philharmonie German
- -philie French
- -filia Spanish, Castilian
- φιλία Ancient Greek
- φῐλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλία Greek (modern)