hecatombe
Spanish, noun/ekaˈtombe/
hecatombe is spelled H-E-C-A-T-O-M-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hecatombe is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “slaughter; bloodbath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Catástrofe o desastre con numerosas víctimas y grandes pérdidas”.
What does hecatombe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslaughter; bloodbath
- 2
femininehecatomb
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Catástrofe o desastre con numerosas víctimas y grandes pérdidas. 2. Gran mortandad; matanza. 3. Sacrificio religioso de 100 bueyes u otras víctimas, que hacían los antiguos paganos a sus dioses, especialmente los paganos de la antigua Grecia. 4. Cualquier sacrificio solemne en el que es abundante el número de víctimas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hecatombe
- hecatombes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hecatombe?
- /ekaˈtombe/
- [e.kaˈt̪õm.be]
- [ekaˈt̪õmbe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hecatombe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hecatombe in Spanish?
hecatombe appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).