Meanings
nouncynophile (plural cynophiles)
plural cynophiles
- A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
Synonyms: canophile, canophilist, dog fancier, doglover, dogophile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who loves canines; a dog lover.
Origin
From cyno- + -phile. Piecewise doublet of canophile.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch hondenliefhebber, hondenmens
- hondenliefhebberdog-lover
- hondenmensdog-lover
French cynophile
- cynophiledog-lover
German Hundefreund, Hundefreundin
- Hundefreunddog-lover
- Hundefreundindog-lover
- Hundeliebhaberdog-lover
- Hundeliebhaberindog-lover
- Hundenarrdog-lover
- Hundenärrindog-lover
Japanese 愛犬家
- 愛犬家 (aikenka)dog-lover
Portuguese cinófilo
- cinófilodog-lover
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Cite this entry
APA
cynophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynophile
MLA
“cynophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cynophile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynophile.
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