omnivore

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin omnivorus.

Noun

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

   Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.

Derived terms

• omni
• omnivorous
• omnivorousness

Translations

animal eating both plants and meat

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: omnívor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜食動物／杂食动物 (zh) (záshí dòngwù), 杂食动物 (zh) (záshí dòngwù), 雜食獸／杂食兽 (zh) (záshíshòu), 杂食兽 (zh) (záshíshòu)

• Czech: všežravec m
• Danish: altæder
• Dutch: omnivoor (nl) m, alleseter (nl) m
• Finnish: kaikkiruokainen (fi)
• French: omnivore (fr) m
• Galician: omnívoro m
• Georgian: ყველაფრისმჭამელი (q̇velaprismč̣ameli), ყველაფრის მჭამელი (q̇velapris mč̣ameli)
• German: Allesfresser (de), Omnivore (de) m
• Greek: παμφάγος (el) m (pamfágos)
• Hungarian: mindenevő (hu)
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• Icelandic: alæta (is) f
• Indonesian: omnivor (id)
• Italian: onnivoro (it) m
• Japanese: 雑食動物 (ざっしょくどうぶつ, zasshokudōbutsu)
• Khmer: សព្វាសី (km) (sob pea sei)
• Macedonian: сештоја́дец m (seštojádec)
• Malay: binatang maserba, haiwan maserba, haiwan omnivor, omnivor
• Maori: kaikiota
• Polish: wszystkożerca m
• Portuguese: onívoro (pt)
• Russian: всея́дный (ru) (vsejádnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: svaštožder, svaštojedac, svaštojed
• Spanish: omnívoro (es) m
• Swedish: allätare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tanankain

See also

• herbivore
• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• insectivore
• hemovore / plasmavore

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin omnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.vɔʁ/

Adjective

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. omnivorous

Noun

omnivore m (plural omnivores)

1. omnivore

See also

• carnivore
• herbivore
• insectivore

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

omnivore f pl

1. feminine plural of omnivoro

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /omˈni.u̯o.re/, [ɔmˈniu̯ɔrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /omˈni.vo.re/, [omˈniːvore]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) omnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of omnivorus