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biodiversity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪə(ʊ)daɪˈvɜːsɪti/
  • General-American: /ˌbaɪoʊdəˈvɚsəti/
  • General-American: [-ɾi]
  • Canada: /ˌbaɪoʊdɑɪˈvɚsəti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AY2 OW0 D AY0 V ER1 S AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a high level of biodiversity is desirable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English diversity English biodiversity From bio- + diversity.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنَوُّع البِيُولُوجِيّ (tanawwuʕ al-biyūlūjiyy) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Armenian: կենսաբազմազանություն (kensabazmazanutʻyun) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Azerbaijani: biomüxtəliflik — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Belarusian: біяразнастайнасць (bijaraznastajnascʹ) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Belarusian: біаразнастайнасць (biaraznastajnascʹ) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Belarusian: біялагічная разнастайнасць (bijalahičnaja raznastajnascʹ) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Bulgarian: биоразнообразие (bioraznoobrazie) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Bulgarian: биологичното разнообразие (biologičnoto raznoobrazie) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Catalan: biodiversitat — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物多樣性 /生物多样性 (shēngwù duōyàngxìng) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Cornish: bewdhiverseth — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Czech: biodiverzita — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Dutch: biodiversiteit — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Dutch: soortenrijkdom — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Esperanto: biodiverseco — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Faroese: lívfrøðiligt margfeldni — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Finnish: elonkirjo — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Finnish: biodiversiteetti — diversity of flora and fauna
  • French: biodiversité — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Galician: biodiversidade — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Georgian: ბიომრავალფეროვნება (biomravalperovneba) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: Biodiversität — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: Artenvielfalt — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: Sortenvielfalt — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: Artenreichtum — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: biologische Diversität — diversity of flora and fauna
  • German: biologische Vielfalt — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Greek: βιοποικιλότητα (viopoikilótita) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Hindi: जैव विविधता (jaiv vividhtā) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Hungarian: biodiverzitás — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Icelandic: líffræðileg fjölbreytni — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Indonesian: biodiversitas — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Indonesian: keragaman hayati — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Irish: bithéagsúlacht — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Italian: biodiversità — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Japanese: 生物多様性 (seibutsu tayō-sei) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Khmer: ជីវចំរុះ (ciiv cɑmroh) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Korean: 생물의 다양성 (saengmurui dayangseong) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Latin: biodiversitas — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Macedonian: биолошката разновидност (biološkata raznovidnost) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Malay: biokepelbagaian — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Malay: biodiversiti — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Maltese: bijodiversità — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Marathi: जैवविविधता (jaivvividhtā) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norman: biodivèrsité — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biodiversitet — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biomangfold n biologisk mangfold — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biodiversitet — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biomangfald — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biologisk mangfald — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Occitan: biodiversitat — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Persian: تنوع زیستی — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Polish: bioróżnorodność — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Portuguese: biodiversidade — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Romanian: biodiversitate — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Russian: биоразнообра́зие (bioraznoobrázije) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Scottish Gaelic: bith-iomadachd — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Slovak: biodiverzita — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Slovene: biodiverziteta — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Spanish: biodiversidad — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Swedish: biodiversitet — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Swedish: biologisk mångfald — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Tagalog: saribuhay — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Tamil: பல்லுயிர் (palluyir) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Telugu: జీవవైవిధ్యం (jīvavaividhyaṁ) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Thai: ความหลากหลายทางชีวภาพ (kwaam-làak-lǎai-taang-chii-wá-pâap) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Ukrainian: біорізномані́ття (bioriznomaníttja) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Ukrainian: біорізномані́тність (bioriznomanítnistʹ) — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Vietnamese: đa dạng sinh học — diversity of flora and fauna
  • Welsh: bioamrywiaeth — diversity of flora and fauna
Real reading context

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