animal

See also: Animal and animâl

English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.məl/
• enPR: ăn'ə-məl, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.məl/
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animal

Etymology 1

From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animalis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).

Noun

animal (plural animals)

1. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

   A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.

2. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
3. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc.).
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4. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

   My students are animals.

5. (informal) A person of a particular type.

   He's a political animal.

Synonyms

• (organism): beast, creature
• (non-human organism): beast
• (person who behaves wildly): brute, monster, savage

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:animal

Related terms

• anima
• animus
• animate
• Animalia

Translations

organism

• Abaza: псауышвхӏа (psawəšʷḥa), хӏайуан (ḥajwan)
• Abkhaz: аԥстәы (apstʷʼə)
• Acholi: lee
• Adyghe: былым (bələm), псэушъхь (psɛwuŝḥ)
• Afrikaans: dier
• Albanian: kafshë (sq) f
• Aleut: algax
• Amharic: እንሰሳ (ʾənsäsa), እንስሳ (ʾənsəsa)
• Arabic: حَيَوَان (ar) m (ḥayawān)

  Egyptian Arabic: حيوان m (ḥayawan)

• Aragonese: animal (an) m
• Armenian: կենդանի (hy) (kendani)
• Aromanian: pravdã f
• Asturian: animal (ast) m
• Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
• Azeri: heyvan (az)
• Baluchi: جناور (jináwar)
• Bambara: bagan
• Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan)
• Basque: animalia (eu)
• Bavarian: Viech
• Belarusian: жывёла (be) f (žyvjóla), звер m (zvjer)
• Bengali: জানোয়ার (janōẇar)
• Borôro: barögö
• Breton: loen (br) m, aneval (br) m
• Bulgarian: живо́тно (bg) n (živótno)
• Burmese: တိရစ္ဆာန် (my) (ti.rachcan)
• Catalan: animal (ca) m
• Central Melanau: benateang
• Chechen: дийнат (diı̇nat)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏝᎢ (ganatlai)
• Chichewa: nyama
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 動物／动物 (dung⁶ mat⁶), 动物 (dung⁶ mat⁶)

  Mandarin: 動物／动物 (zh) (dòngwù), 动物 (zh) (dòngwù)

  Min Nan: 動物／动物 (zh-min-nan), 动物 (tōng-bu̍t)

• Chukchi: gennik, gernik
• Chuvash: чӗрчун (čĕrč̬un)
• Crimean Tatar: ayvan, canavar
• Czech: živočich (cs) m, zvíře (cs) n
• Danish: dyr (da) n
• Dargwa: мицӏираг (mic̣irag), хӏяйван (ḥəjvan)
• Dutch: dier (nl) n, beest (nl) n
• Elfdalian: krytyr n
• Erzya: ракшат (rakšat)
• Esperanto: animalo (eo) (includes humans)
• Estonian: loom (et)
• Faroese: djór n, dýr (fo) n
• Finnish: eläin (fi)
• French: animal (fr) m, bête (fr) f
• Galician: animal (gl) m
• Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli)
• German: Tier (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 n (dius)
• Greek: ζώο (el) n (zóo)

  Ancient: ζῷον n (zôion)

• Greenlandic: uumasoq
• Guerrero Amuzgo: kió'
• Gujarati: પ્રાણી (prāṇī)
• Haitian Creole: animal, zannimo
• Hawaiian: holoholona
• Hebrew: בַּעַל חַיִּים (he) m (bá`al ḥayyím), חַיָּה (he) f (ḥayyá)
• Hindi: पशु (hi) (paśu), जानवर (hi) m (jānvar)
• Hungarian: állat (hu)
• Icelandic: dýr (is) n
• Ido: animalo (io)
• Indonesian: hewan (id), binatang (id)
• Ingush: са доалла хӏама (sa doalla hama)
• Interlingua: animal, bestia
• Inuktitut: ᐆᒪᔪᖅ (oomayoq), ᓂᕐᔪᑦ (niryot)
• Inupiak: nirrun, aŋusalluq m, aġnasalluq f
• Irish: ainmhí (ga) m

  Old Irish: anmandae m

• Italian: animale (it) m, bestia (it) f
• Itelmen: girnik, tuva
• Japanese: 動物 (ja) (どうぶつ, dōbutsu), 生き物 (ja) (いきもの, ikimono)
• Javanese: kewan (jv)
• Kabardian: псэущхьэ (psɛwuśḥɛ)
• Kalmyk: адусн (adusn), мал (mal)
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣಿ (kn) (prāṇi)
• Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
• Karelian: elätti, žiivatta
• Kashubian: zwierzã n
• Kazakh: жануар (januar), хайуан (xaiuan), айуан (aiuan)
• Khakas: аң (añ)
• Khmer: សត្វ (km) (sāt)
• Kimaragang: dudupot
• Korean: 동물 (ko) (dongmul) (動物 (ko))
• Krymchak: tuvar
• Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: , , ,

  Sorani: ,

• Kyrgyz: айбан (ky) (ayban), жаныбар (ky) (janıbar)
• Lak: хӏайван (ħaywan), жанавар (žanawar)
• Lao: ສັດ (lo) (sat)
• Latgalian: dzeivnīks, žeivots
• Latin: animal (la) n, bestia (la) f
• Latvian: dzīvnieks m
• Lezgi: гьайван (hajvan)
• Lithuanian: gyvūnas (lt) m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: beest n

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• Luxembourgish: Déier (lb) n
• Lü: ᦶᦉᧆ (ṡaed)
• Macedonian: жи́вотно n (žívotno)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بيناتڠ, حيوان, ستوا

  Rumi: binatang (ms), haiwan (ms), satwa

• Malayalam: മൃഗം (ml) (mr̥gaṁ)
• Maltese: annimal m
• Maori: kararehe, kīrehe
• Marathi: जनावर (janāvar)
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Moksha: ракша (rakša)
• Mongolian: амьтан (mn) (amʹtan)
• Nahuatl: yolkatl (nah)
• Nepali: जनावर (janāwar)
• Norwegian: dyr (no)
• Novial:
• Nuer: ley
• Occitan: animal (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic: животъ m (životŭ), звѣрь m (zvěrĭ)
• Old English: dēor n
• Old High German: tior n
• Old Norse: dýr n
• Oromo: korma
• Ossetian: цӕрӕгой (cærægoj), хайуан (xajwan), цӕрӕгой (cærægoj)
• Palauan: charm
• Pali: jīvī
• Pashto: حيوان (ps) (ḥayvān)
• Persian: جانور (fa) (jânvar), حیوان (fa) (heyvân)
• Pitjantjatjara: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zwierzę (pl) n
• Portuguese: animal (pt) m, besta (pt) f, bicho (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
• Quechua: uywa (qu)
• Rohingya: focú, januar
• Romagnol: animêl
• Romani: ^{(please verify)} həyvə́y (variant: ^{(please verify)} ḳayvayá)
• Romanian: animal (ro) n, fiară (ro) f
• Romansch: animal m, biestg
• Russian: живо́тное (ru) n (živótnoje), зверь (ru) m (zverʹ), тварь (ru) f (tvarʹ), скоти́на (ru) f (skotína), животи́на (ru) f (životína)
• Sanskrit: पशु (sa) (paśu), मृग (sa) (mṛga), प्राणी (sa) (prāṇī)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: animali

  Logudorese: fiadu

  Sassarese: animàri

• Scots: ainimal
• Scottish Gaelic: beathach m, ainmhidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: животиња f, звер f, скот m

  Roman: životinja (sh) f, zver (sh) f, skot (sh) m

• Sicilian: armali (scn)
• Sinhalese: සතා (si) (satā), plural: සත්‍තු pl (sattu)
• Slovak: živočích (sk) m, zviera n
• Slovene: žival (sl) f, zver (sl) f
• Somali: xayawaano
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zwěrje n

  Upper Sorbian: zwěrjo n

• Southern Altai: амыт (amït)
• Spanish: animal (es) m, bestia (es) f
• Sumerian: 𒁕𒁕𒀯 (DADAMUL)
• Swahili: mnyama (sw), wanyama (sw) pl (noun 1/2)
• Swedish: djur (sv) n
• Tabasaran: гьяйванат (hjajvanat)
• Tajik: ҳайвон (tg) (hayvon), ҷонвар (tg) (jonvar)
• Tamil: விலங்கு (ta) (vilaṅku), மிருகம் (ta) (mirukam)
• Tat: хьэйвон
• Tatar: хайван (tt) (xaywan)
• Telugu: జంతువు (te) (jantuvu)
• Thai: สัตว์ (th) (sàt)
• Tibetan: སེམས་ཅན (sems can)
• Tigrinya: እንስሳ (ti) (ʾənsəsa)
• Tocharian A: lu
• Tocharian B: luwo
• Tongan: manu
• Tswana: sebatana, phologolo
• Turkish: hayvan (tr)
• Turkmen: haýwan
• Tuvan: амытан (amıtan)
• Udmurt: пудо (pudo)
• Ukrainian: тварина (uk) f (tvaryna), звір (uk) m (zvir)
• Urdu: حیوان m (haivān), جانور m (jānvar)
• Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
• Uzbek: hayvon (uz)
• Veps: živat
• Vietnamese: thú vật (vi) (獸物), động vật (vi) (動物)
• Volapük: nim (vo), laidavamaf (warm-blooded), cenavamaf (cold-blooded)
• Võro: elläi
• Walloon: biesse (wa) f
• Welsh: anifail (cy) m; mil (cy) m
• West Frisian: dier n, bist (fy) n
• Wiradhuri: wambi m pl, gunal f pl
• Wolof: mala
• Xhosa: burhalarhume, isilo, isilwanyana
• Yakut: харамай (qaramay), кыыл (kııl)
• Yiddish: חיה f (khaye)
• Yoruba: e̩ran
• Yup'ik: ungungssit
• Zhuang: doenghduz
• Zulu: isilwane class 7/8

organism other than man

• Arabic: حَيَوَان (ar) m (ḥayawān)
• Armenian: կենդանի (hy) (kendani)
• Basque: animalia (eu)
• Belarusian: жывёла (be) f (žyvjóla), звер m (zvjer)
• Bengali: জানোয়ার (janōẇar)
• Bulgarian: живо́тно (bg) n (živótno)
• Burmese: အကောင် (my) (a.kaung), တိရစ္ဆာန် (my) (ti.rachcan)
• Catalan: animal (ca) m, bèstia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 動物／动物 (dung⁶ mat⁶), 动物 (dung⁶ mat⁶)

  Mandarin: 動物／动物 (zh) (dòngwù), 动物 (zh) (dòngwù)

  Min Nan: 動物／动物 (zh-min-nan), 动物 (tōng-bu̍t)

• Czech: živočich (cs) m, zvíře (cs) n
• Esperanto: besto (eo)
• Faroese: djór n, dýr (fo) n
• Finnish: eläin (fi), elukka (fi)
• French: bête (fr) f, animal (fr) m

  Middle French: beste

  Old French: beste

• German: Tier (de) n
• Greek: ζώο (el) n (zóo), κτήνος (el) n (ktínos), θηρίο (el) n (thirío)
• Greenlandic: uumasoq
• Haitian Creole: bèt, animal, zannimo
• Hebrew: בַּעַל חַיִּים (he) m (ba`ál ḥayyím), חַיָּה (he) f (ḥayyá)
• Hindi: हैवान (hi) m (haivān)
• Icelandic: dýr (is) n
• Ido: bestio (io)
• Indonesian: binatang (id), hewan (id), satwa (id)
• Italian: animale (it) m, bestia (it) f
• Japanese: 動物 (ja) (どうぶつ, dōbutsu), 生物 (ja) (せいぶつ, seibutsu), 獣 (ja) (けもの, kemono) (covered with fur)
• Kikuyu: nyamũ
• Korean: 동물 (ko) (dongmul) (動物 (ko))
• Kumyk: гьайван (hayvan)
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• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Latvian: dzīvnieks m
• Macedonian: жи́вотно n (žívotno)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بيناتڠ, حيوان, ستوا

  Rumi: binatang (ms), haiwan (ms), satwa

• Maori: kararehe, kīrehe
• Nama: xamanin
• Navajo: naaldlooshii
• Ngazidja Comorian: inyama class 7/8, mnyama
• Polish: zwierzę (pl) n
• Portuguese: animal (pt) m, bicho (pt) m
• Romanian: animal (ro) n, jivină (ro) f
• Russian: живо́тное (ru) n (živótnoje), зверь (ru) m (zverʹ), тварь (ru) f (tvarʹ), скоти́на (ru) f (skotína), животи́на (ru) f (životína)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: animali

  Logudorese: animàri

  Sassarese: animàri

• Scots: ainimal
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: животиња f

  Roman: životinja (sh) f

• Slovak: živočích (sk) m, zviera n
• Slovene: žival (sl) f, zver (sl) f
• Spanish: animal (es) m
• Sundanese: sato (su)
• Swahili: mnyama (sw)
• Turkish: hayvan (tr)
• Ukrainian: тварина (uk) f (tvaryna), звір (uk) m (zvir)
• Vietnamese: thú vật (vi) (獸物), động vật (vi) (動物)
• Walloon: biesse (wa) f
• Yucatec Maya: ba’alche’

person who behaves wildly

• Basque: animalia (eu)
• Breton: aneval (br) m
• Bulgarian: хайванин m (hajvanin)
• Catalan: bèstia (ca) f, animal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野獸／野兽 (zh) (yěshòu), 野兽 (zh) (yěshòu)

• Czech: zvíře (cs) n
• Dutch: beest (nl) n
• Finnish: eläin (fi), elukka (fi)
• French: bête (fr) f
• German: Bestie (de) f, Unmensch (de) m, Monster (de) n, Scheusal (de) n
• Greek: ζώο (el) n (zóo), κτήνος (el) n (ktínos), αγροίκος (el) m (agroíkos)
• Hebrew: חַיָּה (he) f (ḥayyá), בְּהֵמָה (he) f (behemá)
• Hungarian: állat (hu)
• Icelandic: dýr (is) n, óargadýr n
• Irish: corcaíoch m
• Italian: animale (it) m, bestia (it) f
• Japanese: けだもの (kedamono)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latgalian: zviers m, dzeivnīks m
• Latvian: zvērs (lv) m, dzīvnieks m
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• Lithuanian: žvėris m, gyvulys (lt) m
• Malay:

  Jawi: بيناتڠ

  Rumi: binatang (ms)

• Norwegian: dyr (no) n
• Persian: حیوان (fa) (heyvân)
• Polish: bestia (pl) f, zwierzę (pl) n
• Portuguese: animal (pt) m
• Romanian: fiară (ro) f
• Russian: живо́тное (ru) n (živótnoje), зверь (ru) m (zverʹ), скоти́на (ru) f (skotína)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: animali

  Logudorese: animàri

  Sassarese: animàri

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: звер m, хајван m, животиња f

  Roman: zver (sh) m, hajvan m, životinja (sh) f

• Slovak: zviera n
• Spanish: animal (es) m
• Swahili: nunda
• Swedish: best (sv) c
• Turkish: hayvan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Inuktitut: ^{(please verify)} ᓂᕐᔪᑦ (niryot)
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• Inupiak: ^{(please verify)} nirrun, ^{(please verify)} aŋusalluq m, ^{(please verify)} aġnasalluq f

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin animalis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.

Adjective

animal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to animals.

   animal instincts

2. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

   animal passions

3. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:

     To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.

4. (slang, Ireland) Excellent.

Synonyms

• (of animals): beastly, bestial
• (unhindered by social codes): animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild

Translations

of animals

• Asturian: animal (ast)
• Breton: loenel
• Bulgarian: животински (bg) m (životinski), необуздан (bg) m (neobuzdan)
• Catalan: animal (ca)
• Czech: zvířecí (cs)
• Danish: dyrisk
• Dutch: dierlijk (nl), dierlijke (nl)
• Finnish: eläin- (in compounds)
• French: animal (fr)
• Galician: animal (gl)
• German: tierisch (de)
• Greek: ζωώδης (el) (zoódis)
• Hebrew: חַיָּתִי m (ḥayyatí)
• Hungarian: állati (hu)
• Icelandic: dýrslegur
• Ido: animala (io), animalala (io)
• Interlingua: animal
• Irish: ainmhíoch
• Italian: animale (it)
• Japanese: 生き物の (ikimono no)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latin: animalis (la)
• Latvian: dzīvnieka, dzīvniecisks
• Macedonian: живо́тински (živótinski)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بيناتڠ, حيوان, ستوا

  Rumi: binatang (ms), haiwan (ms), satwa

• Norwegian: animalisk, dyrisk
• Persian: حیوانی (fa) (heyvâni)
• Polish: zwierzęcy (pl)
• Portuguese: animal (pt)
• Romanian: animal (ro), animalic (ro)
• Russian: звери́ный (ru) m (zverínyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анималан, животињски

  Roman: animalan (sh), životinjski (sh)

• Slovak: zvierací m
• Slovene: živálski
• Spanish: animal (es)
• Swahili: kinyama, mifugo (sw)
• Swedish: djurisk (sv)
• Turkish: hayvansal (tr), hayvanca (tr), hayvanî (tr)

unhindered by social codes

• Bulgarian: животински (bg) n pl (životinski)
• Catalan: animal (ca)
• Finnish: eläimellinen (fi)
• Greek: άγριος (el) (ágrios)
• Hebrew: חַיָּתִי m (ḥayyatí), בַּהֲמִי m (behemí)
• Icelandic: dýrslegur
• Irish: ainmhíoch
• Italian: animale (it)
• Latvian: dzīvniecisks
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• Macedonian: живо́тински (živótinski)
• Portuguese: animal (pt)
• Romanian: sălbatic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анималан, животињски

  Roman: animalan (sh), životinjski (sh)

• Swahili: kinyama, mifugo (sw)
• Turkish: hayvanî (tr), hayvanca (tr)

of soul

• Hungarian: lelki (hu)
• Italian: animale (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: ду́шевен (dúševen)
• Romanian: sufletesc (ro)

See also

• Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals

Anagrams

• Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila

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Asturian

Etymology

Latin animal.

Adjective

animal (epicene, plural animales)

1. animal

Noun

animal m (plural animales)

1. animal

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.niˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.niˈmal]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -al

Noun

animal m (plural animals)

1. animal

Adjective

animal m or f (masculine and feminine plural animals)

1. animal

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French

Etymology

Latin animal. Cf. the archaic inherited doublet and its variant , both from Latin animalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.mal/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: animale, animales

Noun

animal m (plural animaux)

1. animal

Synonyms

• bête
• bestiole

Adjective

animal (feminine animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales)

1. animal

Synonyms

• bestial

Antonyms

• végétal

Anagrams

• lamina

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

Latin animal.

Adjective

animal m or f (plural animais)

1. animal

Noun

animal m (plural animais)

1. animal

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French animal, from Latin animal.

Noun

animal

1. animal

Synonyms

• zannimo

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmal/

Noun

animal (plural animales)

1. animal

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Latin

Etymology

From animāle, nominative neuter singular of animālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.mal/, [ˈänɪmäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.mal/, [ˈäːnimäl]

Noun

1. animal
2. living creature

Synonyms

• animalis
• bestia

Related terms

• anima
• animō
• animus

Descendants

• Aromanian: nãmalj, nãmaljiu
• Asturian: animal
• Breton: aneval
• Catalan: animal
• English: animal
• Franco-Provençal: armalye, animal (borrowing)
• French: animal, aumaille, armaille
• Friulian: animâl, nemâl

• Galician: animal
• Italian: animale
• Maltese: annimal
• Norman: animâ (France), annima (Jersey)
• Portuguese: animal, alimanha, alimária
• Romagnol: animêl
• Romanian: animal, nămaie

• Romansch: animal
• Sicilian: armali, armalu
• Spanish: alimaña, almaje, animal
• Tarantino: anemale
• Venetian: animal, anemal
• Welsh: anifail

References

• “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• animal in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• animal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • animate and inanimate nature: animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)
    
  • domestic animals: animalia quae nobiscum degunt (Plin. 8. 40)
    

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Middle French

Noun

animal m (plural animaux or animaulx)

1. animal

Synonyms

• beste

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Portuguese

Etymology

Latin animal. See also , an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ.ni.ˈmaw/, /ˌa.ni.ˈmaw/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ni.ˈmaɫ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal

Noun

animal m (plural animais)

1. (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia)
2. (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate)
3. (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron
4. (colloquial) beast (a cruel person)

Quotations

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.

Synonyms

• (animal other than a human): besta, bicho
• (idiot): idiota
• (cruel person): monstro

Derived terms

• animalzinho (diminutive), animalzão (augmentative)

Adjective

1. (biology) animal (relating to animals)
2. (Brazil, slang) cool; awesome

Quotations

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.

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Romanian

Etymology

French animal, from Latin animal. .

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmal/

Adjective

animal m or n (feminine singular animală, masculine plural animali, feminine and neuter plural animale)

1. animal, animalistic
2. brutal

Declension

Declension of animal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	animal		animală	animali	animale
	definite	animalul		animala	animalii	animalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	animal		animale	animali	animale
	definite	animalului		animalei	animalelor	animalilor

Adverb

animal

1. brutally

Noun

animal n (plural animale)

1. animal

Declension

Declension of animal

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) animal	animalul	(niște) animale	animalele
genitive/dative	(unui) animal	animalului	(unor) animale	animalelor
vocative	animalule		animalelor

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Romansch

Etymology

Latin animal.

Noun

animal m (plural animals)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
• (Sursilvan) tier, bestia
• (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin animal. See also , an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -al

Noun

animal m (plural es)

1. animal

Adjective

animal m or f (masculine and feminine plural animales)

1. animal

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English animal.

Noun

animal

1. animal (members of Kingdom Animalia that are not humans)
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