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^(key): /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) f (ğūl)
• 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 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, Kannibalin 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
• Irish: canablach m

• Italian: cannibale m, f, antropofago (it) m
• Jèrriais: cannibale m, f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خۆخۆر (xoxor)

• Latin: anthrōpophagus (la) m
• Manx: canniblagh m
• Maori: kaitangata
• 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) m (kannibál), людоед (ru) m (ludojéd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: људождер m, канибал m

  Roman: ljudòžder m, kànibal m

• Spanish: caníbal (es) m, f
• Swedish: kannibal (sv) c
• Turkish: yamyam (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) kaniban (vo), (♂) hikaniban, (♀) jikaniban