Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potterphile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pot-ter-phile
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.

Example Sentences

"Advance orders for the newest installment, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which won't be in U.S. stores until September, have reached 920,000, though impatient Potterphiles are ordering it from Britain via Amazon.com."
"In the interest of full disclosure, let it be said: This reviewer is not a Potterphile, has never cracked a Potter book or darkened the door of a theater playing one of the Potter movies."
"As every Potterphile knows, there comes a time in Book Seven when Harry has to choose between two courses of action in his quest to deal with the evil Lord Voldemort."

Etymology

From Potter + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Potter

Inflected Forms

Potterphiles (plural)

Synonyms

Potterhead Potterholic Potterite Pottermaniac

Questions

What does potterphile mean?: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Where does potterphile come from?: From Potter + -phile.

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