biodiversitas
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed bio- + diversitas, learned borrowing from New Latin biodīversitās.
Noun
biodiversitas (plural biodiversitas-biodiversitas)
- biodiversity
- Synonym: keragaman
Synonyms
- biodiversiti (Standard Malay)
- biokepelbagaian (Standard Malay)
- keanekaragaman hayati
- keberagaman hayati
- keragaman hayati
Further reading
- “biodiversitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
FWOTD – 22 May 2025
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bi.ɔ.diːˈwɛr.sɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bi.o.d̪iˈvɛr.si.t̪as]
Noun
biodīversitās f (genitive biodīversitātis); third declension
- (New Latin, ecology) biodiversity
- 2015, Pope Francis, “DE HODIERNO DOMUS NOSTRAE STATU” (chapter I), in Laudato si’[1], Vatican: Litterae Encyclicae, BIODIVERSITAS AMISSA (section III), line 38:
- Memoramus, exempli gratia, illum terrarum orbis pulmones, biodiversitate repletos, qui sunt Amazonia, nec non fluvialem Congi locum, vel magna aquarum glacierumque receptacula.
- Let us mention, for example, those lungs of our planet, rich in biodiversity, which are the Amazon and the Congo basins, or the great aquifers and glaciers.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biodīversitās | biodīversitātēs |
| genitive | biodīversitātis | biodīversitātum |
| dative | biodīversitātī | biodīversitātibus |
| accusative | biodīversitātem | biodīversitātēs |
| ablative | biodīversitāte | biodīversitātibus |
| vocative | biodīversitās | biodīversitātēs |
Descendants
- → Indonesian: biodiversitas