philosophie
See also: Philosophie
English
Noun
philosophie (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies)
- Obsolete form of philosophy.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French philosophie, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā); compare philosophe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi/
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Noun
philosophie f (plural philosophies)
- philosophy, the study of thoughts
- philosophy, one's manner of thinking
- (printing, dated) small pica: 11-point type
- a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude
- L'accusé a accueilli le verdict de culpabilité avec philosophie.
- The accused received the guilty verdict philosophically.
Related terms
Further reading
- “philosophie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle English
Alternative forms
- filosofie, filozofie, fylosophye, philosofie, philosophye
- filosophy, phelosophie, phelosophye, philosophy, philozophie, philsophi, philsophie, phylosophi (Late Middle English)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French philosophie, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā); compare philosophre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˌlɔzɔˈfiː(ə)/, /fiˌlɔzəˈfiː(ə)/
- IPA(key): /fiˈlɔzɔˌfiː(ə)/, /fiˈlɔzəˌfiː(ə)/ (with stress shift)
Noun
philosophie (uncountable)
- Knowledge; the appreciation or pursuit of knowledge or wisdom:
- Science, natural philosophy; the study of nature.
- Ethics, moral philosophy; the study of morality.
- Alchemy or occultism; the study of the occult.
- The advanced knowledge taught at university after the trivium and quadrivium.
- Logic; rational argumentation (contrasting with revelation)
Descendants
- English: philosophy
- Middle Scots: philosophie, philosophy
- Scots: philosophy
References
- “philosophīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “philosophy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “philosophy, -i(e, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ (phĭlosophĭ́ā).
Noun
philosophie oblique singular, f (oblique plural philosophies, nominative singular philosophie, nominative plural philosophies)
- philosophy (area of study)
Descendants
- French: philosophie
- → Middle English: philosophie
- English: philosophy
- Middle Scots: philosophie, philosophy
- Scots: philosophy