carnivore

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
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• Australian: /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R N IH0 V AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: karnivoor — meat-eating animal
• Afrikaans: vleiseter — meat-eating animal
• Arabic: لَاحِم (lāḥim) — meat-eating animal
• Armenian: գիշատիչ (gišatičʻ) — meat-eating animal
• Armenian: մսակեր կենդանի (msaker kendani) — meat-eating animal
• Azerbaijani: ətyeyən — meat-eating animal
• Basque: haragijale — meat-eating animal
• Basque: karniboro — meat-eating animal
• Breton: kigdebrer — meat-eating animal
• Bulgarian: месояден (mesojaden) — meat-eating animal
• Burmese: အသားစား du or c du (a.sa:ca:) — meat-eating animal
• Catalan: carnívor — meat-eating animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 食肉動物 /食肉动物 (shíròu dòngwù) — meat-eating animal
• Czech: masožravec — meat-eating animal
• Danish: kødæder — meat-eating animal
• Danish: rovdyr — meat-eating animal
• Dutch: carnivoor — meat-eating animal
• Dutch: vleeseter — meat-eating animal
• Esperanto: karnomanĝulo — meat-eating animal
• Esperanto: karnovorulo — meat-eating animal
• Estonian: lihasööja — meat-eating animal
• Finnish: lihansyöjä — meat-eating animal
• French: carnivore — meat-eating animal
• Galician: carnívoro — meat-eating animal
• Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი (xorcismč̣ameli) — meat-eating animal
• Georgian: მტაცებელი (mṭacebeli) — meat-eating animal
• Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი ცხოველი (xorcismč̣ameli cxoveli) — meat-eating animal
• Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი ძუძუმწოვარი (xorcismč̣ameli ʒuʒumc̣ovari) — meat-eating animal
• German: Fleischfresser — meat-eating animal
• Greek: σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos) — meat-eating animal
• Greek: σαρκοβόρος (sarkovóros) — meat-eating animal
• Greenlandic: neqituumasoq — meat-eating animal
• Hebrew: טוֹרֵף (toréf) — meat-eating animal
• Hindi: मांसाहारी (mānsāhārī) — meat-eating animal
• Hindi: माँसाहारी (mā̃sāhārī) — meat-eating animal
• Hungarian: húsevő — meat-eating animal
• Icelandic: kjötæta — meat-eating animal
• Indonesian: pemakan daging — meat-eating animal
• Indonesian: karnivor — meat-eating animal
• Ingrian: hiisnikka — meat-eating animal
• Italian: carnivoro — meat-eating animal
• Japanese: 肉食動物 (nikushoku dōbutsu) — meat-eating animal
• Kashmiri: گوش خۄر (gōś khọr) — meat-eating animal
• Khmer: មំសាសី (meang sa sey) — meat-eating animal
• Korean: 육식동물 (yuksikdongmul) — meat-eating animal
• Northern Kurdish: goştxur — meat-eating animal
• Latin: carnivora — meat-eating animal
• Latvian: gaļēdājs — meat-eating animal
• Latvian: gaļēdāja — meat-eating animal
• Macedonian: месоја́дец (mesojádec) — meat-eating animal
• Malay: binatang maging — meat-eating animal
• Malay: haiwan maging — meat-eating animal
• Malay: haiwan karnivor — meat-eating animal
• Malay: karnivor — meat-eating animal
• Malayalam: മാംസഭുക്ക് (māṁsabhukkŭ) — meat-eating animal
• Māori: kaikiko — meat-eating animal
• Mongolian: махчин (maxčin) — meat-eating animal
• Navajo: naaldeehii daʼalghałígíí — meat-eating animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøtteter — meat-eating animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøtetar — meat-eating animal
• Persian: گوشتخوار (guštxâr) — meat-eating animal
• Polish: mięsożerca — meat-eating animal
• Polish: drapieżnik — meat-eating animal
• Portuguese: carnívoro — meat-eating animal
• Russian: хи́щник (xíščnik) — meat-eating animal
• Russian: плотоя́дное живо́тное (plotojádnoje živótnoje) — meat-eating animal
• Russian: мясое́д (mjasojéd) — meat-eating animal
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheadair — meat-eating animal
• Serbo-Croatian: mesožder — meat-eating animal
• Serbo-Croatian: mesojedac — meat-eating animal
• Serbo-Croatian: mesojed — meat-eating animal
• Sikkimese: གཅན་གཟན (gcan gzan) — meat-eating animal
• Slovak: mäsožravec — meat-eating animal
• Slovene: mesojedec — meat-eating animal
• Slovene: mesojed — meat-eating animal
• Slovene: mesojedka — meat-eating animal
• Spanish: carnívoro — meat-eating animal
• Swahili: mla-nyama — meat-eating animal
• Swedish: köttätare — meat-eating animal
• Tagalog: lamankain — meat-eating animal
• Tamil: ஊனுண்ணி (ūṉuṇṇi) — meat-eating animal
• Telugu: మాంసాహారి (māṁsāhāri) — meat-eating animal
• Thai: สัตว์กินเนื้อ (sàt-gin-nʉ́ʉa) — meat-eating animal
• Turkish: etobur — meat-eating animal
• Turkish: etçil — meat-eating animal
• Welsh: cigysor — meat-eating animal
• Welsh: cigysydd — meat-eating animal
• Zazaki: gostwer — meat-eating animal
• Catalan: carnívor — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Czech: šelmy — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Danish: rovdyr — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Dutch: roofdier — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Finnish: petoeläin — mammal of the order Carnivora
• German: Fleischfresser — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Hebrew: טוֹרֵף (toréf) — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Japanese: 食肉類 (shokunikurui) — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Polish: mięsożerca — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Swedish: rovdjur — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Tamil: ஊனுண்ணி (ūṉuṇṇi) — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Turkish: etçil — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Zazaki: gostger — mammal of the order Carnivora
• Dutch: vleeseter — person who is not a vegetarian
• German: Fleischesser — person who is not a vegetarian
• German: Fleischesserin — person who is not a vegetarian
• Hebrew: בִּשְׂרוֹנִי (bisroní) — person who is not a vegetarian
• Hindi: मांसाहारी (mānsāhārī) — person who is not a vegetarian
• Hindi: माँसाहारी (mā̃sāhārī) — person who is not a vegetarian
• Polish: mięsożerca — person who is not a vegetarian