pédophilie
French, noun/pe.dɔ.fi.li/
pédophilie is spelled P-É-D-O-P-H-I-L-I-E (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pédophilie is a French feminine noun meaning “pedophilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attirance sexuelle, pathologique et criminelle, envers les personnes impubères ou en début de puberté, qui…”.
What does pédophilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepedophilia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attirance sexuelle, pathologique et criminelle, envers les personnes impubères ou en début de puberté, qui domine la sexualité d'un individu.
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 pédophilie
- pédophilies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pédophilie?
- /pe.dɔ.fi.li/
- \pe.dɔ.fi.li\
- \pe.do.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 pédophilie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pédophilie in French?
pédophilie 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).