-phage

See also: phage

English

Etymology

From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Suffix

-phage

1. Something that eats, or consumes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -phage

Related terms

• phage
• -phagous
• -phagy

 

Translations

something that eats, or consumes

• Finnish: -fagi (fi)
• French: -phage (fr)
• Galician: -fago (gl) m
• Greek: -φάγος (el) m or f (-fágos)
• Italian: -fago (it) m
• Polish: -fag (pl) m
• Portuguese: -fago (pt) m
• Spanish: -fago m

Anagrams

• Pegah

French

Etymology

From Latin suffix -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʒ/
• Hyphenation: -phage

Suffix

-phage

1. -phage

   Synonym: -vore

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -phage

• allélophage
• autophage
• bibliophage
• caryophage
• conchyliophage
• créophage
• détritiphage
• euryphage
• géophage
• hippophage
• ichtyophage
• karyophage
• lithophage
• lotophage
• macrophage
• mallophage
• mégaœsophage
• méliphage
• mélophage
• microphage
• mycétophage
• œsophage
• œsophagectomie
• oligophage
• omophage
• ophiophage
• opiophage
• patriphage
• phage
• phyllophage
• planctophage
• polyphage
• prophage
• rhizophage
• saprophage
• sarcophage
• scatophage
• sténophage
• téléphage
• termitophage
• toxicophage

 

Related terms

• -phagie
• -phagique