людоїд

Ukrainian

Etymology

From люд (ljud) + -о- (-o-) + -їд (-jid). Compare Russian людое́д (ljudojéd), Belarusian людае́д (ljudajéd), Polish ludojad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲʊdɔˈjid]
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Noun

людої́д • (ljudojíd) m pers (genitive людої́да, nominative plural людої́ди, genitive plural людої́дів, feminine людої́дка, relational adjective людої́дський or людої́дний)

  1. cannibal, man-eater
  2. (mythology) ogre (a type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (all senses): людоже́р m (ljudožér)
  • (cannibal, man-eater): каніба́л m (kanibál), антропофа́г m (antropofáh)

Derived terms

  • людої́дство n (ljudojídstvo)

Further reading

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