Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lover of languages and words.
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- noun A person who
loves languages andwords .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And if you're a professional translator or just a linguaphile, try Google Translator Toolkit for easier and faster translations.
Translating the world's information with Google Translator Toolkit 2009
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And if you're a professional translator or just a linguaphile, try Google Translator Toolkit for easier and faster translations.
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This should be a fascinating topic for any linguaphile to explore!
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And if you're a professional translator or just a linguaphile, try Google Translator Toolkit for easier and faster translations.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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This should be a fascinating topic for any linguaphile to explore!
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Lovely boyfriend, linguaphile, music-lover, cook, and all-rounder that I plan on spending a lot of future time with.
Introducing a man after my own heart... tortipede 2007
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It must be the crazy challenge-obsessed linguaphile inside me that wants to try learning some Slovene now.
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This book resonated with the linguaphile in me much the same way Excitement Video resonates with
Jewlicious 2009
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This book resonated with the linguaphile in me much the same way Excitement Video resonates with
Jewlicious 2009
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And if you know the lingo well enough, you can construct new compounds -- trade names such as Linguaphone (the language teaching method), or impetuous coinages such as linguaphile or linguaphobe, with a good likelihood of being understood.
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word linguaphile
'A language and a word lover'.
July 26, 2009
seanahan commented on the word linguaphile
See also philologist.
July 29, 2009