-vore
French, suffix/vɔʁ/
-vore is spelled V-O-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -vore is a French masculine suffix meaning “-vore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se nourrit de”.
What does -vore mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculine-vore
- 2
masculine-vorous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Qui se nourrit de. 2. Qui consomme de. 3. Qui consomme de manière, de façon. 4. Qui avale, dévore, engloutit (par extension, qui fait disparaître, détruit, consume)
adjective: 1. Abréviation de vorarephile.
noun: 1. Vorarephilie. 2. Contenu vorarephile.
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 -vore
- vores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -vore?
- /vɔʁ/
- \vɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -vore in French?
-vore appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).