carnivorous

English

Etymology

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kɑɹˈnɪv.əɹ.əs/

Adjective

Wikipedia

carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)

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

Translations

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

• Czech: masožravý (cs) m
• French: carnivore (fr) m and f
• Irish: feoiliteach (ga)
• Polish: mięsożerny (pl)

• Romanian: carnivor (ro) m and n, carnivoră (ro) f
• Russian: хищный (ru) (xíščnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach (gd)

Predatory or flesh-eating

• Catalan: carnívor (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食肉的 (cmn) (shíròu de)

• Dutch: carnivoor (nl), vleesetend (nl)
• Finnish: lihansyöjä-, lihaa syövä
• French: carnivore (fr), carnassier (fr)
• German: fleischfressend (de)
• Hungarian: húsevő (hu)

• Irish: feoiliteach (ga)
• Malay: maging (ms)
• Polish: mięsożerny (pl), drapieżny (pl)
• Russian: плотоядный (ru) (plotojádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach (gd)
• Spanish: carnívoro (es)
• Swedish: köttätande (sv)
• Telugu: మాంసాహార (te) (maamsaahaara)

Insectivorous

• Finnish: lihansyöjä-
• French: carnivore (fr)
• Norwegian: kjøttetende (no)

• Polish: owadożerny (o roślinach)
• Russian: насекомоядный (ru) (nasekomojádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach (gd)

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