Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troglophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: troglophile
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to live its entire life in a cave.

noun

Any organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.

Etymology

Etymology tree English troglo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English troglophile From troglo- + -phile.

Inflected Forms

more troglophile (comparative) most troglophile (superlative) troglophiles (plural)

Derived Forms

eutroglophile subtroglophile

Frequently Paired Words

troglodyte troglophilic

Questions

What does troglophile mean?: Able to live its entire life in a cave.
Where does troglophile come from?: Etymology tree English troglo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English troglophile From troglo- + -phile.

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