cartophile
French, noun/kaʁ.tɔ.fil/
cartophile is spelled C-A-R-T-O-P-H-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartophile is a French feminine noun meaning “cartophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Collectionneur de cartes postales”.
What does cartophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cartophilic
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui collectionne les cartes postales.
noun: 1. Collectionneur de cartes postales.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cartophile
- cartophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartophile?
- /kaʁ.tɔ.fil/
- \kaʁ.tɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cartophile in French?
cartophile appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).