pedophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.
A consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent.

Pronunciation

pēd'-ə-fīl' /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/ en-uk-paedophile.ogg pĕd'-ə-fīl' /ˈpɛ.dəˌfaɪl/ /ˈpɛ.doʊˌfaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-pedophile.wav /ˈpe.dəˌfɑel/ /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑel/

Word forms

pedophile pedophiles paedophile pædophile

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs)der. English pedo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs)der. English pedophile From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).

Synonyms

childlover

Antonyms

teleiophile

Related words

ephebophile hebephile pederast paederast pedophilia paedophilia pedophilic paedophilic pedosexual pedosexuality

Derived words

antipedophile paedophilophile PDF file Pedoblox Pedocrat pedocriminal pedojacket pedophile ring pedophilish pedophocracy pedosaur pedo-stache Pedowood PETA-phile predophile reverse pedophile

Translations

Abkhaz: ахәыҷыбзиабаҩ Abkhaz: апедофил Albanian: pedofil Armenian: մանկապիղծ Azerbaijani: pedofil Belarusian: педафі́л Belarusian: педафі́лка Bulgarian: педофи́л Bulgarian: педофи́лка Chinese Cantonese: 戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者 Chinese Cantonese: 金魚佬 /金鱼佬 Chinese Mandarin: 戀童癖患者 /恋童癖患者 Czech: pedofil Danish: pædofil Dutch: pedofiel Esperanto: pedofilo Estonian: pedofiil Finnish: pedofiili French: pédophile Galician: pedófilo Galician: pedófila Georgian: პედოფილი German: Pädophiler German: Pädophile Greek: παιδεραστής Greek: παιδοφῐ́λης Hebrew: פֶּדוֹפִיל Hungarian: pedofil Icelandic: barnaníðingur Indonesian: pedofil Irish: péidifileach Italian: pedofilo Italian: paidofilo Japanese: 小児性愛者 Japanese: 小児愛者 Japanese: 幼児性愛者 Japanese: ロリコン Kazakh: педофил Korean: 소아 성애자 Kyrgyz: педофил Latvian: pedofils Lithuanian: pedofilas Macedonian: педофи́л Macedonian: педофи́лка Norwegian Bokmål: pedofil Polish: pedofil Portuguese: pedófilo Portuguese: pedófila Romanian: pedofil Romanian: pedofilă Russian: педофи́л Russian: педофи́лка Serbo-Croatian: педо̀фӣл Serbo-Croatian: педофилка Serbo-Croatian: pedòfīl Serbo-Croatian: pedofilka Sicilian: pitòfilu Slovak: pedofil

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