# bibliophile

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #82,095

## Definitions
1. One who loves books.
2. One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
3. One who loves the Bible.

## Etymology
First attested in 1820. From biblio- + -phile (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”)), probably after French bibliophile.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bibliophile