philosophe

See also: philosophé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/

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.
   • 1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14:

     Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.lɔ.zɔf/

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Noun

philosophe m or f by sense (plural philosophes)

1. philosopher

Derived terms

• philosophard
• philosopharde
• philosophâtre

Related terms

• philo
• philosophailler
• philosophal
• philosophale
• philosophant
• philosopher
• philosophie
• philosophique
• philosophiquement
• philosophisme
• philosophiste

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: filozòf
• → English: philosophe
• → Romanian: filozof
• → Turkish: filozof

Further reading

• “philosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

philosophē (comparative philosophius, superlative philosophissimē)

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
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 29:

     ung moult preudomme clerc et philosophe trés saige

     a noble, wise clergyman and philosopher

Related terms

• philosophie

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpxi.lo.sop.xe/, [ˈpxi.lo.sop.he]

Noun

philosophe

1. dative singular of philosoph