adj · 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
producing living young (not eggs)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: live-bearing
Antonyms: oviparous, ovoviviparous
History
Etymology
From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
diridoğan
— of an animal
Breton:
bevc'haner
— of an animal
Bulgarian:
живоро́ден
(živoróden)
— of an animal
Catalan:
vivípar
— of an animal
Chinese Cantonese:
胎生
— of an animal
Chinese Mandarin:
胎生
(tāishēng)
— of an animal
Czech:
živorodý
— of an animal
Dutch:
levendbarend
— of an animal
Dutch:
vivipaar
— of an animal
Finnish:
vivipaarinen
— of an animal
French:
vivipare
— of an animal
Galician:
vivíparo
— of an animal
Georgian:
ცოცხლადმშობი
(cocxladmšobi)
— of an animal
German:
lebendgebärend
— of an animal
German:
lebend gebärend
— of an animal
German:
vivipar
— of an animal
Greek:
ζωοτόκος
(zootókos)
— of an animal
Ancient Greek:
ζωότοκος
(zōótokos)
— of an animal
Hungarian:
elevenszülő
— of an animal
Italian:
viviparo
— of an animal
Japanese:
胎生の
(taisei no)
— of an animal
Latin:
viviparus
— of an animal
Malay:
viviparus
— of an animal
Polish:
żyworodny
— of an animal
Portuguese:
vivíparo
— of an animal
Russian:
живородя́щий
(živorodjáščij)
— of an animal
Spanish:
vivíparo
— of an animal
Volapük:
lifamotamik
— of an animal
Welsh:
bywesgorol
— of an animal
Catalan:
vivípar
— of a plant
Chinese Mandarin:
母体发芽
— of a plant
Finnish:
vivipaarinen
— of a plant
French:
vivipare
— of a plant
Japanese:
胎生の
(taisei no)
— of a plant
Malay:
viviparus
— of a plant
Portuguese:
vivíparo
— of a plant
Russian:
живородя́щий
(živorodjáščij)
— of a plant