kannibaal
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish caníbal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ.niˈbaːl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kan‧ni‧baal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Noun
kannibaal m (plural kannibalen, diminutive kannibaaltje n)
- cannibal (human or other organism which eats (parts of) other members of its own species)
- Synonym: menseneter
Derived terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kannibaal”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute