nécrophilie
French, noun\ne.kʁɔ.fi.li\
nécrophilie is spelled N-É-C-R-O-P-H-I-L-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nécrophilie is a French feminine noun meaning “necrophilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attirance sexuelle envers les personnes inconscientes, notamment les comateux et les cadavres”.
What does nécrophilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenecrophilia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attirance sexuelle envers les personnes inconscientes, notamment les comateux et les 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 nécrophilie
- nécrophilies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nécrophilie?
- \ne.kʁɔ.fi.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nécrophilie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nécrophilie in French?
nécrophilie 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).