cannibal

English[edit]

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

cannibal (plural cannibals)

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?)

an organism which eats others of its own species

Arabic: غُول‏‎ (ar) f (ḡūl)
Catalan: caníbal m, f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 食人者 (shí rén zhě), 吃同类的生物 (chī tóng lèi de shēngwù)
Czech: kanibal (cs) m, lidožrout (cs) m (eating humans), lidojed m (eating humans)
Dutch: kannibaal (nl)
Esperanto: (♂♀) kanibalo, (♂) virkanibalo, (♀) kanibalino
Estonian: kannibal (et)
Finnish: kannibaali (fi), ihmissyöjä
French: cannibale (fr) m, f
Friulian: canibal m
German: Kannibale (de) m, (female) Kannibalin (de) f
Greek: κανίβαλος (el) m, f (kanívalos)
Hebrew: קניבל‏‎ m (kanibál)
Hungarian: kannibál (hu)
Icelandic: (human cannibal) mannæta (is) f
Ido: (♂♀) kanibalo (io), (♂) kanibalulo, (♀) kanibalino
Indonesian: kanibal (id)
Irish: canablach m
Italian: cannibale (it) m, f, antropofago (it) m
Kurdish:

Sorani: خۆخۆر‏‎ (xoxor)

Latin: anthrōpophagus (la) m (eating humans), ^{(please verify)} canibalus m
Malay: kanibal
Manx: canniblagh m
Maori: kaitangata
Norman: cannibale m, f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: kannibal (no) m

Nynorsk: kannibal m
Persian: همگون خوار‏‎ (fa) (hamgûn x(w)âr), آدمخوار‏‎ (fa) (âdamx(w)âr)
Polish: kanibal (pl) m, (human cannibal) ludożerca (pl) m
Portuguese: canibal (pt)
Romanian: canibal (ro) m, canibală (ro) f
Russian: канниба́л (ru) m (kannibál), людое́д (ru) m (ljudojéd)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: људождер m, канибал m

Roman: ljudòžder (sh) m, kànibal (sh) m
Spanish: caníbal (es) m, f
Swedish: kannibal (sv) c
Tagalog: kaing-kapuwa
Turkish: yamyam (tr)
Volapük: (♂♀) kaniban (vo), (♂) hikaniban, (♀) jikaniban