On the street where I used to live when I was a boy, there was an ailurophile, an old woman who raised a lot of cats.
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Ailurophile
//aɪˈljʊəɹəˌfaɪl//
Synonyms for "ailurophile" (7 found)
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20 translations across 10 languages.
Estonian
1 entries- kassiarmastaja noun (cat-lover)
French
2 entries- ailourophile noun (cat-lover)
- ailurophile noun (cat-lover)
Greek
2 entries- αιλουρόφιλη noun (cat-lover)
- αιλουρόφιλος noun (cat-lover)
Italian
4 entries- ailurofila noun (cat-lover)
- ailurofilo noun (cat-lover)
- elurofila noun (cat-lover)
- elurofilo noun (cat-lover)
Japanese
1 entries- 愛猫家 noun (cat-lover)
Latvian
2 entries- kaķu mīļotāja noun (cat-lover)
- kaķu mīļotājs noun (cat-lover)
Polish
2 entries- kociara noun (cat-lover)
- kociarz noun (cat-lover)
Portuguese
2 entries- ailurófilo noun (cat-lover)
- elurófilo noun (cat-lover)
Swedish
1 entries- ailurofil noun (cat-lover)
Turkish
1 entries- kedisever noun (cat-lover)
Sample sentences
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He played the piano well, was an enthusiastic ailurophile, and persistently played solitaire while talking and writing.
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When the archbishop would send Philip on an assignment, he would leave the cat in the care of the archbishop, who apparently was not an ailurophile.
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Alicia is not a serious ailurophile, however; she neglects Chestnut, and Chestnut knows it.
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