biodiversitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed bio- +‎ diversitas, learned borrowing from New Latin biodīversitās.

Noun

biodiversitas (plural biodiversitas-biodiversitas)

  1. biodiversity
    Synonym: keragaman

Synonyms

  • biodiversiti (Standard Malay)
  • biokepelbagaian (Standard Malay)
  • keanekaragaman hayati
  • keberagaman hayati
  • keragaman hayati

Further reading

Latin

FWOTD – 22 May 2025

Pronunciation

Noun

biodīversitās f (genitive biodīversitātis); third declension

  1. (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