nécrophage
French, noun/ne.kʁɔ.faʒ/
nécrophage is spelled N-É-C-R-O-P-H-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nécrophage is a French masculine noun meaning “necrophage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce animale ou individu qui vit de cadavres”.
What does nécrophage mean in English?
adjective
- 1
necrophagous
noun
- 1
masculinenecrophage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se nourrissent de cadavres d’autres espèces, en parlant des animaux.
noun: 1. Espèce animale ou individu qui vit de cadavres.
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 nécrophage
- nécrophages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nécrophage?
- /ne.kʁɔ.faʒ/
- \ne.kʁɔ.faʒ\
- \ne.kʁo.faːʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nécrophage in French?
nécrophage appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).