philosophe

See also: philosophé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French philosophe.

Noun

philosophe (plural philosophes)

  1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
  2. (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lɔ.zɔf/
  • (file)

Noun

philosophe m or f (plural philosophes)

  1. philosopher

Derived terms

  • philosophard
  • philosopharde
  • philosophâtre

Further reading


Latin

Noun

philosophe

  1. vocative singular of philosophus

Adjective

philosophe

  1. masculine vocative singular of philosophus

Adverb

philosophē (comparative philosophius, superlative philosophissimē)

  1. philosophically

References

  • philosophe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • philosophe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • philosophe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Noun

philosophe m (plural philosophes)

  1. philosopher
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 29:
      ung moult preudomme clerc et philosophe trés saige
      a noble, wise clergyman and philosopher
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