different between cataholic vs ailurophile

English

Etymology

cat +? -aholic

Noun

cataholic (plural cataholics)

1. (informal) One who is extremely fond of cats.
   • 2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), ?ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):

     Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.

   • 2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing (2007), ?ISBN, page 6:

     Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.

   • 2007, Debra White Smith, Heather, Harvest House Publishers (2007), ?ISBN, page 250:

     “Maybe I need to send you to House Cats Anonymous,” he teased. “Hello, my name is Jake and I'm a cataholic. I can't stop eating them alive.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cataholic.

Synonyms

• ailurophile, catlover, catophile

Hyponyms

• cat lady

Anagrams

• acatholic, chaotical

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

ailuro- (“cat”) +? -phile (“lover”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (aílouros, “cat”) + ????? (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?lyo?o??r?f?l', IPA^(key): /a??lj?????fa?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?lo?o?r?f?l', ?lo?o?r?f?l', IPA^(key): /a??l????fa?l/, /e??l????fa?l/

Noun

ailurophile (plural ailurophiles)

1. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.

Synonyms

• cataholic
• catlover
• catophile
• felophile

Antonyms

• ailurophobe

Hyponyms

• cat lady

Related terms

• ailurophilia
• ailurophiliac
• ailurophilic

Translations

References

• “ailurophil(e)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

French

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek; see above.

Pronunciation

Noun

ailurophile m or f (plural ailurophiles)

1. ailurophile

Adjective

ailurophile (plural ailurophiles)

1. ailurophile

Further reading

• “ailurophile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).