cynophile
French, noun/si.nɔ.fil/
cynophile is spelled C-Y-N-O-P-H-I-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cynophile is a French feminine noun meaning “cynophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui aime les chiens”.
What does cynophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cynophilic
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecynophile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime les chiens.
noun: 1. Personne qui aime les chiens.
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 cynophile
- cynophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cynophile?
- /si.nɔ.fil/
- \si.nɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cynophile in French?
cynophile appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).