Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "cartophily" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARTOPHILY

From French carte card + -o- + -phily from Greek philos loving.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CARTOPHILY

cartophily  [kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARTOPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cartophily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARTOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cigarette card

Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands.

Definition of cartophily in the English dictionary

The definition of cartophily in the dictionary is the hobby of collecting cigarette cards.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARTOPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
entomophily
ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
myrmecophily
ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
ornithophily
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ
xerophily
zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARTOPHILY

cartological
cartology
cartomancy
carton
cartonage
cartoon
cartoon character
cartoon strip
cartoonish
cartoonishly
cartoonist
cartoonlike
cartoony
cartop
cartophile
cartophilic
cartophilist
cartopper
cartouch
cartouche

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARTOPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of cartophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cartophily» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CARTOPHILY

Find out the translation of cartophily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cartophily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cartophily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cartophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cartophily
570 millions of speakers

English

cartophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cartophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cartophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cartophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cartophily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cartophily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cartophily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cartophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cartophily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cartophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cartophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cartophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cartophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cartophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Cartophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cartophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cartophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cartophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cartophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cartophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cartophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cartophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cartophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cartophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cartophily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTOPHILY»

The term «cartophily» is barely ever used and occupies the 210.666 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Unused
1
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «cartophily» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of cartophily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cartophily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTOPHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cartophily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cartophily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cartophily

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARTOPHILY»

Discover the use of cartophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cartophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Essays and Reflections
We read already of 'odds specialists' in cartophily (there is the new word, all pat) and of dealers in mint sets. We shall hear before long of 'conditions-men', and there will be picksome Pierpont Morgans, for whom the best is scarcely good ...
Harold Child, 2013
2
The Saturday Book
BY PETER SCULLY Cartophily is the word coined by Colonel C. L. Bagnall in 1933 to describe the collecting of cigarette and other trade cards. The word is derived from the term 'cartophilia' which would appear to have been in use by ...
Leonard Russell, John Hadfield, 1972
3
Maps of Africa: Proceedings of the Symposium on Maps Held at ...
CARTOPHILY. AT. WITS. SOME. ADDITIONS. AND. DISCOVERIES. Mrs Y. Gars on Senior Assistant Librarian, Africana Library, University of the Witwatersrand A true bibliophile loves, studies, collects and looks after books in one way or ...
‎1989
4
Centaur from the Triangle: A Boyhood in Derby
The printing of cards declined dramatically during World War II (to save paper) and the drying up of sources must have lead inevitably to the hobby of cartophily, with the collector described as a cartophilist. I wonder how many graduates of The ...
Edward Garner
5
The American Stationer
... and has even gone the length of denouncing it as foolish, inane and vulgar, besides predicting a speedy ending to the "craze," as this particular organ terms cartophily, says The British Empire Paper, Stationery and Printing Trades' Journal .
6
Philatelic West and Collectors' World
There are but few countries that have not yet taken up the fad, which shows commendable enterprise in Cartophily. A set of fine picturesque cards “Gem Scenery,” Series II, published by RaphaelTuck's, are very beautiful, and beautifully ...
7
The British Museum A-Z Companion
Curig 298 Capua 50 Cara, G. 251 Carchemish 149 Caria (Carya, Karia) 69, 102, 292-3 Carolina 359 Carolingian art 91,191-2, 217 carpets 74 Carthage 68,215,251, 282, 303 Carthage treasure 68, 325 cartoon 208 cartophily 78 cartouches ...
Marjorie Caygill, 2014
8
Rant and Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott
... with their themes of sports heroes, animals, castles, famous people, trains, aeroplanes and cars, were prevalent. The latter, I have recently discovered, is called cartophily – Such a posh word for so simple a pastime. There was no television, ...
Bill Smith, William (Bill) E. Smith, 2011
9
Eccentric London: The Bradt Guide to Britain's Crazy and ...
Of playing-cards, cartophily. And of maps? Map collecting. But playing-cards? Can they really be interesting? Within five minutes the genial Mr Beresiner has me totally fascinated. 'What is a surprise to most people is their antiquity,' he says.
Benedict Le Vay, 2007
10
The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2012
... Bryology Cacogenics Caliology Calorifics Cambistry Carcinology Cardiology Caricology Carpology Cartography Cartophily Castrametation Catacoustics Catalactics Catechectics Cetology C halcotriptics Chaology Characterology Chemistry ...
Edgar Thorpe, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARTOPHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cartophily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Household Hints Cigarette Cards-1936 (Nos. 1-5)
So hit those yard sales, maybe you can find a set of these vintage DIY hints like Bob did and become part of a “cartophily” group. (the hobby of ... «Examiner.com, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cartophily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cartophily>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z