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omnivore

noun · 3 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: /ˈɒmnɪvɔː/
  • General-American: /ˈɑmnɪvɔɹ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who eats all kinds of foods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eater, feeder

History

Etymology

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