herbivorous

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• US: /(h)ɜːɹˈbɪvəɹəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 B IH1 V ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: ER0 B IH1 V ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Adapted borrowing of New Latin herbivorus + -ous, from Latin herba (“grass”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to devour”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَاشِب (ʕāšib) — feeding only on plants
• Armenian: խոտակեր (xotaker) — feeding only on plants
• Armenian: բուսակեր (busaker) — feeding only on plants
• Asturian: herbívoru — feeding only on plants
• Bulgarian: тревопасен (trevopasen) — feeding only on plants
• Catalan: herbívor — feeding only on plants
• Chinese Mandarin: 食草的 (shícǎo de) — feeding only on plants
• Chinese Mandarin: 植食性的 (zhíshíxìng de) — feeding only on plants
• Czech: býložravý — feeding only on plants
• Dutch: plantenetend — feeding only on plants
• Esperanto: herbovora — feeding only on plants
• Finnish: kasvinsyöjä- — feeding only on plants
• French: herbivore — feeding only on plants
• Galician: herbívoro — feeding only on plants
• Georgian: ბალახისმჭამელი (balaxismč̣ameli) — feeding only on plants
• German: pflanzenfressend — feeding only on plants
• Greek: Τρέφεται μόνο με φυτά — feeding only on plants
• Ancient Greek: χλοηφάγος (khloēphágos) — feeding only on plants
• Ancient Greek: βοτανηφάγος (botanēphágos) — feeding only on plants
• Hindi: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — feeding only on plants
• Hungarian: növényevő — feeding only on plants
• Hungarian: herbivor — feeding only on plants
• Ido: herbivora — feeding only on plants
• Ingrian: kasvonsööjä — feeding only on plants
• Japanese: 草食の (sōshoku no) — feeding only on plants
• Kazakh: шөпқоректі (şöpqorektı) — feeding only on plants
• Khmer: ដែលស៊ីតិណជាតិជាអាហារ (daelsiitənciəteciəʼaahaa) — feeding only on plants
• Korean: 초식의 (chosig-ui) — feeding only on plants
• Latin: herbivorus — feeding only on plants
• Malay: maun — feeding only on plants
• Norwegian Bokmål: planteetende — feeding only on plants
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grasæt — feeding only on plants
• Old English: wyrtǣte — feeding only on plants
• Polish: roślinożerny — feeding only on plants
• Portuguese: herbívoro — feeding only on plants
• Romanian: erbivor — feeding only on plants
• Russian: травоя́дный (travojádnyj) — feeding only on plants
• Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheach — feeding only on plants
• Scottish Gaelic: feur-itheach — feeding only on plants
• Slovak: bylinožravý — feeding only on plants
• Spanish: herbívoro — feeding only on plants
• Tagalog: halmankainin — feeding only on plants
• Turkish: otçul — feeding only on plants
• Turkish: otobur — feeding only on plants
• Ukrainian: травої́дний (travojídnyj) — feeding only on plants
• Uyghur: ئوتخور (otxor) — feeding only on plants
• Welsh: llysysol — feeding only on plants