philo
French, noun/fi.lo/
philo is spelled P-H-I-L-O (5 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Philo is a French feminine noun meaning “clipping of philosophie (as a subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Philosophie (en tant que domaine d’étude, classe, cours)”.
What does philo mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclipping of philosophie (as a subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Exprime la sympathie, l’intérêt pour, ou l’affinité avec ce que désigne le second élément.
noun: 1. Philosophie (en tant que domaine d’étude, classe, cours).
noun: 1. Philodendron (Monstera deliciosa).
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 philo
- philos plural
- phil-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce philo?
- /fi.lo/
- \fi.lɔ\
- \fi.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is philo in French?
philo appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).