wildlife

English

Etymology

wild +‎ life

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

wildlife (uncountable)

1. Animals, plants, and fungi, not normally domesticated, often to the exclusion of plants, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates, and microscopic plants and animals; hence:
   1. (in particular) Wild animals (especially to the exclusion of fish).
2. (slang) Members of a college fraternity

Translations

animals and plants in their natural environment

• Arabic: اَلْحَيَاة اَلْبَرِّيَّة f (al-ḥayāh al-barriyya)
• Assamese: বনৰীয়া জীৱ-জন্তু (bonoria ziw-zontu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野生動物／野生动物 (zh) (yěshēng dòngwù), 野生动物 (zh) (yěshēng dòngwù)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: wildleven n, wildlife (nl), wilde planten en dieren, levende natuur
• Esperanto: faŭno
• Finnish: villieläimet (fi) pl
• French: nature (fr) f, environnement (fr) f, faune (fr) f, flore (fr) f
• German: Tierwelt (de) f, Fauna (de) f
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• Hungarian: vadvilág
• Italian: fauna (it) f, fauna selvatica f
• Japanese: 野生動物 (やせいどうぶつ, yasei dōbutsu)
• Portuguese: vida selvagem f, fauna (pt) f
• Russian: ди́кая приро́да f (díkaja priróda), жива́я приро́да f (živája priróda), живо́тный мир m (živótnyj mir), фа́уна (ru) f (fáuna)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-bheatha f
• Spanish: vida silvestre f
• Swedish: vilt (sv) n, natur (sv) c, fauna (sv) c, flora (sv) c
• Tagalog: buhay-ilang
• Turkish: vahşi yaşam, vahşi hayat, vahşi doğa

animals (without plants)

• Dutch: wilde dieren
• Navajo: naaldeehii
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• Spanish: fauna (es) f

See also

• flora
• fauna

Further reading

• “wildlife”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Definitions and Acronyms”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], Department of Ecology State of Washington, 2011 April 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 April 2011
• “Regulation definitions”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 2011 April 28 (last accessed)
• “Glossary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, 2011 April 28 (last accessed)
• “Wetlands Discovery Program Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4], Santa Clara Valley Audubon society, 2011 April 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 November 2007