carnivore

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin carnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː/
• IPA: /ˈkɑːɹ.nɪ.vɔr/

Noun

Wikipedia carnivore (plural carnivores)

1. Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
2. (taxonomy) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

Usage notes

Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and all Carnivora are not meat-eaters (e.g. giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".

Synonyms

• meatarian, meatatarian (of people)

Derived terms

• obligate carnivore

Related terms

• Carnivora
• carnivoran
• carnivorous
• folivore
• frugivore
• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Translations

meat-eating animal

Afrikaans: karnivoor Armenian: գիշատիչ (gišatič) Bosnian: mesojed m., mesožder m. Bulgarian: хищник (bg) (híštnik) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 食肉動物 (cmn), 食肉动物 (cmn) (shíròu dòngwù) Czech: masožravec (cs) m. Danish: kødæder (da), rovdyr (da) n. Dutch: carnivoor (nl) m., vleeseter (nl) m. Esperanto: karnomanĝulo (eo), karnovorulo (eo) Estonian: lihasööja Finnish: lihansyöjä (fi) French: carnivore (fr) m. German: Fleischfresser (de) m. Greek: σαρκοφάγος (el) (sarkofágos) m., σαρκοβόρος (el) (sarkovóros) m. Hungarian: húsevő (hu) Icelandic: kjötæta (is) f. Italian: carnivoro (it) m.

Japanese: 肉食動物 (ja) (にくしょくどうぶつ, nikushoku dōbutsu) Korean: 육식 동물 (ko) (yukshik dongmul) (肉食動物 (ko)) Latin: carnivora (la) f. Macedonian: месојадец (mk) (mesojádec) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: kjøtteter (nb) m. Nynorsk: kjøtetar (nn) m. Persian: گوشتخوار (gushtkhar) Polish: mięsożerca m., także: drapieżnik m. Portuguese: carnivora (pt) f. Russian: хищник (ru) (xíščnik) m., плотоядное животное (ru) (plotojádnoje živótnoje) n. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheadair m. Serbian: mesožder, mesojedac, mesojed Slovene: mesojedec m., mesojed m., mesojedka f. Spanish: carnívoro (es) Swahili: mla-nyama (sw) Swedish: köttätare (sv) c. Telugu: మాంసాహారి (te) (maamsaahaari)

mammal of the order Carnivora

Danish: rovdyr (da) n. Finnish: petoeläin (fi)

Swedish: rovdjur (sv) n.

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French

Adjective

carnivore (epicene, plural carnivores)

1. carnivorous (predatory or flesh-eating)

Noun

carnivore m. (plural carnivores)

1. carnivore

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Italian

Adjective

carnivore f.

1. Feminine plural form of carnivoro

Noun

carnivore f.

1. Plural form of carnivora.

Anagrams

• converrai
• incorreva

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Latin

Adjective

carnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of carnivorus