Definition
The practice of eating feces; the same behavior as coprophagia but using a Greek '-phagy' suffix instead of '-phageia.'
Etymology
From Greek 'kopros' (feces) + '-phagy' (eating, as in 'anthropophagy'). Essentially synonymous with coprophagia but slightly more formal in some scientific contexts.
Kelly Says
The fact that we have two nearly-identical words—coprophagia and coprophagy—shows how much English borrowed from Greek. Scientists just picked different suffixes, creating redundancy that persists to this day.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሽምሽ መ食
shishish me-shik
ARالعربية
أكل البراز
akl al-baraaz
BNবাংলা
খুদর খাওয়া
khudra khaowa
CACatalà
coprofàgia
ko-pro-fa-jee-ah
CSČeština
kopprofagie
ko-pro-fa-zhee
DADansk
coprofagia
ko-pro-fa-gee-ah
DEDeutsch
Kopprografie
ko-pro-gra-fee
ELΕλληνικά
κοπρόφαγη
ko-pro-fa-yee
ESEspañol
coprofagia
ko-pro-fa-gee-ah
FAفارسی
خوردن مدفون
khoordan madfoon
FISuomi
kopopfagia
ko-po-pa-gee-ah
FRFrançais
coprophagie
ko-pro-fa-zhee
GUGU
ગંદક ખાવું
gandak khaavun
HAHA
ciyar shinkafa
chi-yar shin-ka-fa
HEעברית
אכילת צואות
a-khila-t tzo-ot
HIहिन्दी
गलनखानपान
galan-khaan-paan
HUMagyar
kopprofagia
ko-pro-fa-gee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
pemakan kotoran
pe-ma-kan ko-to-ran
IGIG
ịgba ọnwụ
ee-gba on-wu
ITItaliano
coprofagia
ko-pro-fa-gee-ah
KKKK
бөлшек тамақтау
bol-shek ta-ma-q-tau
KMKM
អាហារប្រាស់
ah-ah-r pra-as
MRMR
कचरा खाणे
kachra khaane
MSBahasa Melayu
pemakan najis
pe-ma-kan na-jis
MYမြန်မာ
ရှိုးမွှား စား
shwo-ma-whar sar
NLNederlands
coprofagie
ko-pro-fa-zhee
NONorsk
kopprofi
ko-pro-fee
PAPA
ਖੁਰਾਕ ਡੰਡ
khuraak dhand
PLPolski
koprofagia
ko-pro-fa-zhee-ah
PTPortuguês
coprofagia
ko-pro-fa-zhee-ah
RORomână
coprofagie
ko-pro-fa-zhee
RUРусский
копрофагия
ko-pro-fa-gii-ya
SVSvenska
kopprofi
ko-pro-fee
SWKiswahili
kula chakula cha mavi
ku-la cha-ku-la cha ma-vi
TAதமிழ்
வண்டிப்பொருள் உண்ணுதல்
van-di-po-r-ul un-nu-thal
TEతెలుగు
కొరకింపు
ko-ra-kin-pu
THไทย
กินอุจจาระ
kin u-cha-ra
TLTL
pagkain ng dumi
pa-gkain ng di-mi
TRTürkçe
koprofagi
ko-pro-fa-hee
UKУкраїнська
копрофагія
ko-pro-fa-gii-ya
URاردو
گندہ کھانا
gandah khaana
VITiếng Việt
ăn phân
an phan
YOYO
gba àwọn ẹ̀mí
gba awon emi
ZUZU
ukuthi kwakwa
u-ku-thi kwa-kwa