pédophile
French, noun/pe.dɔ.fil/
pédophile is spelled P-É-D-O-P-H-I-L-E (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pédophile is a French feminine noun meaning “pedophile, paedophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adulte attiré sexuellement par les enfants ; agresseur, violeur d’un ou de plusieurs enfants”.
What does pédophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pedophiliac
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepedophile, paedophile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Attiré sexuellement par les enfants impubères.
noun: 1. Adulte attiré sexuellement par les enfants ; agresseur, violeur d’un ou de plusieurs enfants.
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 pédophile
- pédophiles plural
- pædophile obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédophile?
- /pe.dɔ.fil/
- \pe.dɔ.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 pédophile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pédophile in French?
pédophile appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).