nécrophage

See also: necrophage

French

Etymology

Composed by nécro- +‎ -phage, from Ancient Greek νεκροφάγος (nekrophágos), from νεκρός (nekrós, “cadaver”) and φάγος (phágos, “one who eats”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.kʁɔ.faʒ/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: nécrophages
• Hyphenation: né‧cro‧phage

Adjective

nécrophage (plural nécrophages)

1. (biology, of insects) necrophagous

Noun

nécrophage m (plural nécrophages)

1. (biology, of insects) necrophage

Further reading

• “nécrophage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.