nécrophile
French, noun\ne.kʁɔ.fil\
nécrophile is spelled N-É-C-R-O-P-H-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nécrophile is a French feminine noun meaning “necrophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne attirée sexuellement par les morts”.
What does nécrophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
necrophilic
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenecrophile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne attirée sexuellement par les morts.
adjective: 1. Qui est attiré sexuellement par les morts. 2. Parasite ou prédateur d'espèces nécrophages.
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 nécrophile
- nécrophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nécrophile?
- \ne.kʁɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nécrophile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nécrophile in French?
nécrophile appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).