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
• hemovore
• herbivore
• insectivore
• omnivore

Translations

meat-eating animal

• Afrikaans: karnivoor (af)
• Armenian: գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatič) 
• Bulgarian: хищник (bg) (híštnik) m 
• Catalan: carnívor (ca) 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 (et)
• 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)

• Khmer: មំសាសី (km) (meang sa sey)
• Korean: 육식 동물 (ko) (yukshik dongmul) (肉食動物 (ko))
• Latin: carnivora (la) f
• Macedonian: месојадец (mk) (mesojádec) m
• Malay: binatang maging (ms), haiwan maging (ms), haiwan karnivor (ms), karnivor (ms)
• Navajo: naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøtteter (nb) m

  Nynorsk: kjøtetar (nn) m

• Persian: گوشتخوار (fa) (gushtkhar)
• Polish: mięsożerca (pl) m, drapieżnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: carnivora (pt) f
• Russian: хищник (ru) (xíščnik) m , плотоядное животное (ru) (plotojádnoje živótnoje) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheadair (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: mesožder (sh), mesojedac (sh), mesojed (sh),
• Slovene: mesojedec (sl) m, mesojed (sl) m, mesojedka (sl) f
• Spanish: carnívoro (es)
• Swahili: mla-nyama (sw)
• Swedish: köttätare (sv) c
• Telugu: మాంసాహారి (te) (maamsaahaari)

mammal of the order Carnivora

• Catalan: carnívor (ca) m
• Danish: rovdyr (da) n
• Finnish: petoeläin (fi)

• German: Fleischfresser (de)
• Japanese: 肉食動物 (ja) (にくしょくどうぶつ, nikushoku dōbutsu)
• Swedish: rovdjur (sv) n

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French

Adjective

carnivore (masculine and feminine, 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