philander

Meaning

Noun

1. A lover.
2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).
3. (obsolete) A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis).

Verb

To woo women; to play the male flirt.

Synonyms

flirt

😘

chat up

coquet

womanise

dally

womanize

butterfly

🦋

mash

coquette

romance

womanizer

vamp

court

Translations

flirter

😘

ερωτοτροπώ

flirten

😘

schäkern

flirten

😘

flört etmek

😘

allumeuse

coureur

🏃

papillon

🦋

courir les femmes

philandre

civettare

flirtare

😘

frascheggiare

correre dietro alle donne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪˈlændə/

Etymology

From the given name Philander, used as a name for flirtatious characters in several 18th century stories, from Ancient Greek Φίλανδρος (Phílandros), name of the mythological son of the nymph Acacallis and the god Apollo. Semantically disconnected from the adjective φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving one’s husband; excessively attracted to males, slutty, boy crazy”).