carnivore
French, noun/kaʁ.ni.vɔʁ/
carnivore is spelled C-A-R-N-I-V-O-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carnivore is a French masculine noun meaning “carnivore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal mangeur de viande”.
What does carnivore mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)
noun
- 1
masculinecarnivore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui consomme de la viande. 2. Qualifie une plante ayant la capacité de s’emparer et de digérer les animaux de petite taille.
noun: 1. Animal mangeur de viande. 2. Ordre de mammifères placentaires du super-ordre des Laurasiathériens qui se distinguent par une mâchoire et une denture qui leur permet de chasser et de manger d’autres animaux. 3. Mammifère de l’ordre Carnivora. 4. Humain qui fait entrer la viande dans son régime alimentaire.
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 carnivore
- carnivores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carnivore?
- /kaʁ.ni.vɔʁ/
- \kaʁ.ni.vɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carnivore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carnivore in French?
carnivore appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).