nécrophore
French, noun/ne.kʁɔ.fɔʁ/
nécrophore is spelled N-É-C-R-O-P-H-O-R-E (10 letters). Nécrophore is a French masculine noun meaning “necrophore, gravedigger, burying beetle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coléoptère qui creuse la terre pour y enfouir un cadavre d’animal sur lequel il va pondre ses œufs”.
What does nécrophore mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenecrophore, gravedigger, burying beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coléoptère qui creuse la terre pour y enfouir un cadavre d’animal sur lequel il va pondre ses œufs.
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 nécrophore
- nécrophores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nécrophore?
- /ne.kʁɔ.fɔʁ/
- \ne.kʁɔ.fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nécrophore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.