cannibal

English

Etymology

From Spanish Cannibalis, from Caniba, the Taino form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawakan language, probably Taino.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkænɪbl/
• Rhymes: -ænɪbl

Noun

cannibal (plural cannibals)

1. An organism which eats others of its own species, especially a human who eats human flesh.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Darwin to this entry?)

Related terms

• cannibalise
• cannibalism
• cannibalistic

Translations

an organism which eats others of its own species

• Arabic: غول (ar) (ğūl) f
• Catalan: caníbal (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食人者 (cmn) (shí rén zhě), 吃同类的生物 (cmn) (chī tóng lèi de shēngwù)

• Czech: kanibal (cs) m, lidožrout (cs) m (eating humans), lidojed (cs) m (eating humans)
• Dutch: kannibaal (nl)
• Esperanto: (♂♀) kanibalo (eo), (♂) virkanibalo (eo), (♀) kanibalino (eo)
• Finnish: kannibaali (fi), ihmissyöjä (fi)
• French: cannibale (fr) m and f
• Friulian: canibal m
• German: Kannibale (de) m, Kannibalin (de) f
• Greek: κανίβαλος (el) (kanívalos) m and f
• Hungarian: kannibál (hu)
• Icelandic: (human cannibal) mannæta (is) f
• Ido: (♂♀) kanibalo (io), (♂) kanibalulo (io), (♀) kanibalino (io)
• Italian: cannibale (it) m and f, antropofago (it) m
• Jèrriais: cannibale m and f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خۆخۆر (ku) (xoxor)

• Latin: anthrōpophagus (la) m
• Manx: canniblagh (gv) m
• Norwegian: kannibal (no) m
• Polish: kanibal (pl) m, (human cannibal) ludożerca (pl) m
• Portuguese: canibal (pt)
• Romanian: canibal (ro) m, canibală (ro) f
• Russian: каннибал (ru) (kannibál) m, людоед (ru) (ludojéd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: људождер (sh) m, канибал (sh) m

  Roman: ljudòžder (sh) m, kànibal (sh) m

• Swedish: kannibal (sv) c
• Turkish: yamyam (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) kaniban (vo), (♂) hikaniban (vo), (♀) jikaniban (vo)