different between philosophise vs philosophie

English

Pronunciation

Verb

philosophise (third-person singular simple present philosophises, present participle philosophising, simple past and past participle philosophised)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of philosophize
   • 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:

     "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having hte fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

Anagrams

• philosophies

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)