omnivore

omnivore

English

Etymology

From the Latin omnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(ɹ)/

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Noun

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

   Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.

Derived terms

• omni
• omnivoracity
• omnivorous
• omnivorousness
• omnivory

Translations

animal eating both plants and meat

Afrikaans: omnivoor (af), alleseter Arabic: حَيَوَان قَارِت‎ m (ḥayawān qārit), حَيَوَان كَالِش‎ m (ḥayawān kāliš) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Breton: hollzebrer m Bulgarian: всеядно животно (vsejadno životno) Catalan: omnívor m Chinese: Mandarin: 雜食動物／杂食动物 (zh) (záshí dòngwù), 雜食獸／杂食兽 (zh) (záshíshòu) Czech: všežravec m Danish: altæder c, omnivor (da) c Dutch: omnivoor (nl) m, alleseter (nl) m Finnish: kaikkiruokainen (fi) French: omnivore (fr) m Galician: omnívoro (gl) m Georgian: ყველაფრისმჭამელი (q̇velaprismč̣ameli), ყველაფრის მჭამელი (q̇velapris mč̣ameli) German: Allesfresser (de), Omnivore (de) m Greek: παμφάγος (el) m (pamfágos) Hungarian: mindenevő (hu) Icelandic: alæta (is) f Indonesian: omnivor (id) Italian: onnivoro (it) m Japanese: 雑食動物 (ざっしょくどうぶつ, zasshokudōbutsu) Khmer: សព្វាសី (km) (sob pea sei) Korean: 잡식 동물(雜食動物) (japsik dongmul) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: giştxur Macedonian: сештоја́д m (seštojád) Malay: binatang maserba, haiwan maserba, haiwan omnivor, omnivor Malayalam: മിശ്രഭുക്ക് (miśrabhukkŭ) Maori: kaikiota Norwegian: Bokmål: alteter m, omnivor m Nynorsk: altetar m, omnivor m Polish: wszystkożerca m Portuguese: onívoro (pt) Russian: всея́дный (ru) (vsejádnyj) Serbo-Croatian: svaštožder, svaštojedac, svaštojed Spanish: omnívoro (es) m Swedish: allätare (sv) c, omnivor (sv) c Tagalog: tanankain Welsh: hollysydd m

See also

• herbivore
• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• insectivore
• hemovore

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin omnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.vɔʁ/

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Adjective

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. omnivorous

Noun

omnivore m (plural omnivores)

1. omnivore

See also

• carnivore
• herbivore
• insectivore

Further reading

• “omnivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omˈni.vo.re/
• Rhymes: -ivore
• Hyphenation: om‧nì‧vo‧re

Adjective

omnivore

1. feminine plural of omnivoro

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /omˈni.u̯o.re/, [ɔmˈniu̯ɔrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /omˈni.vo.re/, [omˈniːvore]

Adjective

omnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of omnivorus