bioma

See also: bíoma

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [biˈo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [biˈo.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

bioma m (plural biomes)

1. biome

Further reading

• “bioma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bioma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bioma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English biome.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biˈoma/ [biˈo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: bi‧o‧ma

Noun

bioma (plural bioma-bioma)

1. (ecology) biome: any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert; all the genomes of such a community

Alternative forms

• biom (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Compounds

• bioma gurun
• bioma laut
• bioma tundra

Further reading

• “bioma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -oma.

Noun

bioma m (plural biomi)

1. (ecology) biome

Further reading

• bioma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ambio, ambiò

Portuguese

Biomas brasileiros ― Brazilian biomes (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from French biome.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.mɐ/ [bɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.mɐ/ [bɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈo.ma/ [bɪˈo.ma], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjo.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈo.mɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjo.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧ma

Noun

bioma m (plural biomas)

1. biome (major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert)
3. (Brazil) one of six Brazilian continental regions defined by IBGE, roughly equivalent to WWF's biomes and including many different ecoregions

   Hyponyms: Amazônia, caatinga, cerrado, Mata Atlântica, pampa, Pantanal

   • 2025 April 7, André Biernath, “A floresta que 'brotou' no meio do entulho em São Paulo com plantio de 41 mil mudas [The forest that 'sprouted' in middle of the rubbish in São Paulo with the planting of 41 thousand seedlings]”, in BBC News Brasil‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 April 2025:

     Silva diz que sempre teve como objetivo trazer a Mata Atlântica — um dos seis biomas brasileiros, ao lado de Caatinga, Cerrado, Pantanal, Amazônia e Pampa — de volta à maior metrópole brasileira.

     Silva says that he has always had the objective of bringing the Atlantic Forest—one of the six Brazilian biomes, next to Caatinga, Cerrado, Pantanal, Amazon and Pampa—back to Brazil's biggest metropolis.

Further reading

• “bioma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bioma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bioma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “bioma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjoma/ [ˈbjo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: bio‧ma

Noun

bioma m (plural biomas)

1. (biology) biome

Derived terms

• microbioma

Further reading

• “bioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025