anthropophagie
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.fa.ʒi/
anthropophagie is spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-P-H-A-G-I-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anthropophagie is a French feminine noun meaning “cannibalism, anthropophagy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou habitude de manger de la chair humaine”.
What does anthropophagie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecannibalism, anthropophagy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou habitude de manger de la chair humaine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anthropophagie
- anthropophagies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anthropophagie?
- /ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.fa.ʒi/
- \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.fa.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anthropophagie in French?
anthropophagie appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).