pedophile
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits
Ancient Greek παιδ- (paid-)lbor.
English pedo-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s
Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.
Latin -philalbor.
English -phile
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Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs)
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Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek φιλέω (philéō)
Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs)der.
English pedophile
From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).
Affixes: pedo-
-phile
Inflected forms:
form: pedophiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paedophile
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: pædophile
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.
The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.
He uses trolling techniques to fight back against trolls that he particularly finds malevolent—specifically pedophiles and RIP trolls.
gloss: An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.
pos: noun
tags: US
broadly
derogatory
examples: Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes. […] These ecclesiastic norms were the basis of the behaviors displayed by the religious authorities of Mexico and other countries, in order to cover up for pedophiles and their crimes committed against many children for a long time and in many different places.
Multiple users on Truth Social responded to Trump’s post, calling for him to release more information. “You’re losing your most loyal followers and voices Mr President,” said one post. “Why are you protecting pedophiles?” said another post.
gloss: A consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent.
pos: noun
tags: US
broadly
derogatory
nonstandard
Synonyms: childlover
Antonyms: teleiophile
Related words: ephebophile
hebephile
pederast
paederast
pedophilia
paedophilia
pedophilic
paedophilic
pedosexual
pedosexuality
Derived words: antipedophile
paedophilophile
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Pedoblox
Pedocrat
pedocriminal
pedojacket
pedophile ring
pedophilish
pedophocracy
pedosaur
pedo-stache
Pedowood
PETA-phile
predophile
reverse pedophile
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ахәыҷыбзиабаҩ
roman: axʷəčʼəbzjabajʷ
lang: Abkhaz
word: апедофил
roman: apʼedofil
lang: Albanian
word: pedofil
lang: Armenian
word: մանկապիղծ
roman: mankapiġc
lang: Azerbaijani
word: pedofil
lang: Belarusian
word: педафі́л
roman: pjedafíl
lang: Belarusian
word: педафі́лка
roman: pjedafílka
lang: Bulgarian
word: педофи́л
roman: pedofíl
lang: Bulgarian
word: педофи́лка
roman: pedofílka
lang: Catalan
word: pedòfil
lang: Catalan
word: pedòfila
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者
roman: lyun² tung⁴ pik¹ waan⁶ ze²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 金魚佬 /金鱼佬
roman: gam¹ jyu⁴ lou²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者
roman: liàntóngpǐ huànzhě
lang: Czech
word: pedofil
lang: Danish
word: pædofil
lang: Dutch
word: pedofiel
lang: Esperanto
word: pedofilo
lang: Estonian
word: pedofiil
lang: Finnish
word: pedofiili
lang: French
word: pédophile
lang: Galician
word: pedófilo
lang: Galician
word: pedófila
lang: Georgian
word: პედოფილი
roman: ṗedopili
lang: German
word: Pädophiler
lang: German
word: Pädophile
lang: Greek
word: παιδεραστής
roman: paiderastís
lang: Greek
word: παιδοφῐ́λης
roman: paidofílis
lang: Hebrew
word: פֶּדוֹפִיל
roman: pedofíl
lang: Hungarian
word: pedofil
lang: Icelandic
word: barnaníðingur
lang: Indonesian
word: pedofil
lang: Irish
word: péidifileach
lang: Italian
word: pedofilo
lang: Italian
word: paidofilo
lang: Japanese
word: 小児性愛者
roman: shōniseiaisha
lang: Japanese
word: 小児愛者
roman: shōniaisha
lang: Japanese
word: 幼児性愛者
roman: yōjiseiaisha
lang: Japanese
word: ロリコン
roman: rorikon
lang: Kazakh
word: педофил
roman: pedofil
lang: Korean
word: 소아 성애자
roman: soa seong'aeja
lang: Kyrgyz
word: педофил
roman: pedofil
lang: Latvian
word: pedofils
lang: Lithuanian
word: pedofilas
lang: Macedonian
word: педофи́л
roman: pedofíl
lang: Macedonian
word: педофи́лка
roman: pedofílka
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pedofil
lang: Polish
word: pedofil
lang: Portuguese
word: pedófilo
lang: Portuguese
word: pedófila
lang: Romanian
word: pedofil
lang: Romanian
word: pedofilă
lang: Russian
word: педофи́л
roman: pedofíl
lang: Russian
word: педофи́лка
roman: pedofílka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: педо̀фӣл
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: педофилка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pedòfīl
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pedofilka
lang: Sicilian
word: pitòfilu
lang: Slovak
word: pedofil
lang: Slovene
word: pedofil
lang: Spanish
word: pedófilo
lang: Spanish
word: pedófila
lang: Swedish
word: pedofil
lang: Swedish
word: peddo
lang: Turkish
word: sübyancı
lang: Turkish
word: pedofil
lang: Ukrainian
word: педофі́л
roman: pedofíl
lang: Ukrainian
word: педофі́лка
roman: pedofílka
lang: Uzbek
word: pedofil
lang: Vietnamese
word: người ái nhi
lang: Walloon
word: margougneu d’ efant
lang: Welsh
word: pedoffilydd