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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈɒmnɪvɔː/
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/ˈɑmnɪvɔɹ/
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An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.
Meaning relationships
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an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a person who eats all kinds of foods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eater, feeder
From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
omnivoor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Afrikaans :
alleseter
— animal eating both plants and meat
Arabic :
حَيَوَان قَارِت
(ḥayawān qārit)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Arabic :
حَيَوَان كَالِش
(ḥayawān kāliš)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Breton :
hollzebrer
— animal eating both plants and meat
Bulgarian :
всеядно животно
(vsejadno životno)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Catalan :
omnívor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Chinese Mandarin :
雜食動物 /杂食动物
(záshí dòngwù)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Chinese Mandarin :
雜食獸 /杂食兽
(záshíshòu)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Czech :
všežravec
— animal eating both plants and meat
Danish :
altæder
— animal eating both plants and meat
Danish :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Dutch :
omnivoor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Dutch :
alleseter
— animal eating both plants and meat
Finnish :
kaikkiruokainen
— animal eating both plants and meat
French :
omnivore
— animal eating both plants and meat
Galician :
omnívoro
— animal eating both plants and meat
Georgian :
ყველაფრისმჭამელი
(q̇velaprismč̣ameli)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Georgian :
ყველაფრის მჭამელი
(q̇velapris mč̣ameli)
— animal eating both plants and meat
German :
Allesfresser
— animal eating both plants and meat
German :
Omnivore
— animal eating both plants and meat
Greek :
παμφάγος
(pamfágos)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Hindi :
सर्वाहारी
(sarvāhārī)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Hungarian :
mindenevő
— animal eating both plants and meat
Icelandic :
alæta
— animal eating both plants and meat
Indonesian :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Italian :
onnivoro
— animal eating both plants and meat
Japanese :
雑食動物
(zasshokudōbutsu)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Khmer :
សព្វាសី
(sob pea sei)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Korean :
잡식동물
(japsikdongmul)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Northern Kurdish :
giştxur
— animal eating both plants and meat
Macedonian :
сештоја́д
(seštojád)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Malay :
binatang maserba
— animal eating both plants and meat
Malay :
haiwan maserba
— animal eating both plants and meat
Malay :
haiwan omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Malay :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Malayalam :
മിശ്രഭുക്ക്
(miśrabhukkŭ)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Māori :
kaikiota
— animal eating both plants and meat
Norwegian Bokmål :
alteter
— animal eating both plants and meat
Norwegian Bokmål :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Norwegian Nynorsk :
altetar
— animal eating both plants and meat
Norwegian Nynorsk :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Polish :
wszystkożerca
— animal eating both plants and meat
Portuguese :
onívoro
— animal eating both plants and meat
Russian :
всея́дный
(vsejádnyj)
— animal eating both plants and meat
Serbo-Croatian :
svaštožder
— animal eating both plants and meat
Serbo-Croatian :
svaštojedac
— animal eating both plants and meat
Serbo-Croatian :
svaštojed
— animal eating both plants and meat
Spanish :
omnívoro
— animal eating both plants and meat
Swedish :
allätare
— animal eating both plants and meat
Swedish :
omnivor
— animal eating both plants and meat
Tagalog :
tanankain
— animal eating both plants and meat
Turkish :
hepçil
— animal eating both plants and meat
Welsh :
hollysydd
— animal eating both plants and meat