Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

romanophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-manophile
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who has a love of Ancient Rome.

noun

One who has a love of Romania.

noun

One who has a love of the Roma people.

Example Sentences

"Coerced British workers had to have built the grand buildings and roads that so impressed later Romanophiles."
"A Romanophile, the Greek historian Polybius intended his History to explain Rome's dominance over the civilized world."
"Its first prelate was the Ukrainian-born Bukovinian Romanophile and avid promoter of all things Romanian, Metropolitan Nectari Kotlearciuc […]"
"George Borrow (1803-1881) has stood as the acknowledged source of inspiration for countless Romanophiles (as well as Romanophobes) ever since his literary heyday in the 19th century; in fact Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald saw himself as quite "unfashionable" (1944:x) because he was one of the few who didn't make his "first acquaintance with [Gypsies] in the pages of George Borrow"."

Etymology

From Romano- (“Rome”) + -phile.

Inflected Forms

Romanophiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Romanophilia Romanophilic Romanophilism

Antonyms

Romanophobe

Questions

What does romanophile mean?: One who has a love of Ancient Rome.
Where does romanophile come from?: From Romano- (“Rome”) + -phile.

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