cinéphilie
\si.ne.fi.li\
The verdict
“cinéphilie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amour du cinéma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cinephilie · cinéphilie · French
cinéphilie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinéphilie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.ne.fi.li\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cinéphilie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ne.fi.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amour du cinéma.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cinéphilie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cinéphilie, spelled C-I-N-É-P-H-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Amour du cinéma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinéphilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« On préparait le 30e anniversaire de 24 images, précise Philippe Gajan, et on ne voulait pas regarder en arrière, mais faire un numéro teinté du présent, s’intéresser aux cinéphilies d’aujourd’hui et de demain.
Mais pourquoi, comment ses films autrefois rejetés, non projetés, relégués en “catégorie Z” ont-il pu devenir objet d’une philie ? Entre d’autres termes, comment et surtout pourquoi la nanarophilie s’est-elle imposée comme un pan de la cinéphilie, développant un appareil critique, une philosophie, une esthétique ?
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.