gérontophilie
French, noun/ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.fi.li/
gérontophilie is spelled G-É-R-O-N-T-O-P-H-I-L-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gérontophilie is a French feminine noun meaning “gerontophilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attirance pour les vieilles personnes”.
What does gérontophilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerontophilia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attirance pour les vieilles personnes.
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 gérontophilie
- gérontophilies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gérontophilie?
- /ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.fi.li/
- \ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.fi.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gérontophilie in French?
gérontophilie appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).