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man-eating

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ihmisiä syövä — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Finnish: ihmissyöjä- — inclined to eat human flesh
  • German: menschenfressend — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Greek: ανθρωποφάγος (anthropofágos) — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Greek: ανθρωποβόρος (anthropovóros) — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos) — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Ancient Greek: φαγάνθρωπος (phagánthrōpos) — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Icelandic: mannætu- — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Italian: antropofago — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Italian: cannibale — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Spanish: comehombre — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Swahili: mla-watu — inclined to eat human flesh
  • Welsh: dynfwytaol — inclined to eat human flesh
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