endangered

endangered

English

Adjective

endangered (comparative more endangered, superlative most endangered)

1. in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
   • 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed

     I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden […]

Derived terms

• endangered species

Related terms

• endanger

Translations

in danger, at risk

Bulgarian: застрашен (bg) (zastrašen) Catalan: en perill Czech: ohrožený (cs) Dutch: bedreigd (nl) Finnish: uhanalainen (fi), erittäin uhanalainen (IUCN 3.1) French: en danger Hebrew: בסיכון‎ (besicun) Hungarian: veszélyeztetett Italian: a rischio Maori: tata korehāhā Polish: zagrożony (pl) Portuguese: em risco Russian: угрожа́емый (ru) (ugrožájemyj), вымира́ющий (ru) (vymirájuščij) (dying out), исчеза́ющий (ru) (isčezájuščij) (vanishing) Spanish: en peligro, peligrado (es) Telugu: ముప్పు పొంచి ఉన్న (te) (muppu poñci unna), ప్రమాదంలో ఉన్న (te) (pramādaṁlō unna), అంతరిస్తున్న (te) (antaristunna), అంతరించిపోతున్న (te) (antariñcipōtunna) Turkish: nesli tehlikede Zulu: ebungozini

Verb

endangered

1. simple past tense and past participle of endanger