necrofilia
Portuguese, noun/ne.kɾo.fiˈli.ɐ/
necrofilia is spelled N-E-C-R-O-F-I-L-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Necrofilia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “necrophilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “psicose que se caracteriza por atração sexual pelos cadáveres”.
What does necrofilia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenecrophilia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. psicose que se caracteriza por atração sexual pelos cadáveres 2. vampirismo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of necrofilia
- necrofilias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce necrofilia?
- Brazil /ne.kɾo.fiˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /nɨ.kɾu.fiˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to necrofilia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is necrofilia in Portuguese?
necrofilia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).