cinofilia
Portuguese, noun/si.no.fiˈli.ɐ/
cinofilia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cynophilia (fondness for dogs or other canines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adoração por cães”.
What does cinofilia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecynophilia (fondness for dogs or other canines)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. adoração por cães 2. movimento (estímulo) de melhoramento das raças caninas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cinofilia
- cinofilias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinofilia?
- Brazil /si.no.fiˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /si.nu.fiˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cinofilia in Portuguese?
cinofilia appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).