viviparous

English

Alternative forms

• vivipartous (rare)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/

Adjective

viviparous (not comparable)

1. (of an animal or animal species) Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
2. (of a plant or plant species) Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).

Antonyms

• (of an animal): oviparous

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ovoviviparous
• viviparous lizard

• viviparously
• vivipary, viviparity

Translations

of an animal

• Azerbaijani: diridoğan
• Catalan: vivípar
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 胎生 (toi¹ sang¹)

  Mandarin: 胎生 (zh) (tāishēng)

• Dutch: levendbarend
• Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi)
• French: vivipare (fr)
• German: lebendgebärend (de), lebend gebärend, vivipar (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ζωοτόκος (el) (zootókos)
• Italian: viviparo (it)
• Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no)
• Malay: viviparus
• Polish: żyworodny (pl) m
• Portuguese: vivíparo (pt)
• Russian: живородя́щий (ru) (živorodjáščij)
• Spanish: vivíparo
• Volapük: lifamotamik

of a plant

• Catalan: vivípar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vivipaarinen (fi)
• French: vivipare (fr) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 胎生の (ja) (たいせいの, taisei no)
• Malay: viviparus
• Portuguese: vivíparo (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can