different between philosophie vs philosophe

English

Noun

philosophie (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)

1. Obsolete form of philosophy.

Anagrams

• ophiophiles

French

Etymology

Old French philosophie < Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.l?.z?.fi/

Noun

philosophie f (plural philosophies)

1. philosophy, the study of thoughts
2. philosophy, one's manner of thinking.
3. (printing, dated) small pica: 11-point type
4. a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude

   L'accusé a accueilli le verdict de culpabilité avec philosophie.

Related terms

• philosophe

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman and Old French philosophie < Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

philosophie (plural philosophies)

1. philosophy

Descendants

• ? English: philosophy

Old French

Etymology

Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

philosophie f (oblique plural philosophies, nominative singular philosophie, nominative plural philosophies)

1. philosophy (area of study)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French philosophe.

Noun

philosophe (plural philosophes)

1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
2. (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.l?.z?f/

Noun

philosophe m or f (plural philosophes)

1. philosopher

Derived terms

• philosophard
• philosopharde
• philosophâtre

Related terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: filozòf
• ? Romanian: filozof
• ? Turkish: filozof

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

philosoph? (comparative philosophius, superlative philosophissim?)

1. philosophically

Etymology 2

Noun

philosophe

1. vocative singular of philosophus

Etymology 3

Adjective

philosophe

1. 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)

1. philosopher

Related terms

• philosophie