carnivorous

English

Etymology

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs

Adjective

carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)

1. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
2. Predatory or flesh-eating.
3. (botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

Synonyms

• sarcophagic
• sarcophagous

Derived terms

• anticarnivorous
• carnivorously
• carnivorousness
• hypercarnivorous
• hypocarnivorous
• macrocarnivorous
• mesocarnivorous
• noncarnivorous
• protocarnivorous
• uncarnivorous

 

Translations

of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora

• Arabic: لَاحِم (lāḥim)
• Armenian: գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatičʻ)
• Asturian: carnívoru (ast)
• Catalan: carnívor (ca)
• Czech: masožravý (cs)
• Esperanto: karnovora
• Finnish: peto- (fi), petoeläin- (fi)
• French: carnivore (fr)
• Galician: carnívoro (gl)
• Irish: feoiliteach
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kjøtæt

• Polish: mięsożerny (pl)
• Portuguese: carnívoro (pt)
• Romanian: carnivor (ro)
• Russian: хи́щный (ru) (xíščnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach
• Slovak: mäsožravý (sk)

predatory or flesh-eating

• Arabic: لَاحِم (lāḥim)
• Armenian: մսակեր (hy) (msaker), գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatičʻ), գիշակեր (hy) (gišaker)
• Asturian: carnívoru (ast)
• Catalan: carnívor (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食肉的 (zh) (shíròu de)

• Czech: masožravý (cs)
• Dutch: carnivoor (nl), vleesetend (nl)
• Esperanto: karnovora
• Faroese: kjøtetandi
• Finnish: peto- (fi), lihansyöjä- (fi), lihaa syövä
• French: carnivore (fr), carnassier (fr)
• Galician: carnívoro (gl)
• Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი (xorcismč̣ameli)
• German: fleischfressend (de)
• Greek: σαρκοβόρος (el) (sarkovóros)

  Ancient: σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), κρεοφάγος (kreophágos), ζῳόφαγος (zōióphagos)

• Hungarian: húsevő (hu), karnivor
• Ingrian: hiisnoi
• Irish: feoiliteach
• Latin: carnivorus
• Malay: maging
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kjøtæt

• Plautdietsch: fleeschfrätent
• Polish: mięsożerny (pl), drapieżny (pl)
• Portuguese: carnívoro (pt)
• Russian: плотоя́дный (ru) (plotojádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach
• Slovak: mäsožravý (sk)
• Spanish: carnívoro (es)
• Swedish: köttätande (sv)
• Tagalog: lamankainin
• Telugu: మాంసాహార (māṁsāhāra)
• Ukrainian: м'ясоїдний (mʺjasojidnyj)
• Welsh: cigysol (cy)

botany: insectivorous

• Armenian: միջատակեր (hy) (miǰataker)
• Asturian: carnívoru (ast)
• Finnish: lihansyöjä- (fi)
• French: carnivore (fr)
• Georgian: მწერისმჭამელი (mc̣erismč̣ameli), მწერიჭამია (mc̣erič̣amia)
• Kazakh: жәндікқоректі (jändıkqorektı)
• Polish: owadożerny (pl) (o roślinach)
• Portuguese: carnívoro (pt)
• Russian: насекомоя́дный (ru) (nasekomojádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach

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