English
Etymology
From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
carnivorous (comparative more carnivorous, superlative most carnivorous)
- Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
- Predatory or flesh-eating.
- (botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora
predatory or flesh-eating
- Arabic: لَاحِم (lāḥim)
- Armenian: մսակեր (hy) (msaker), գիշատիչ (hy) (gišatičʻ), գիշակեր (hy) (gišaker)
- Asturian: carnívoru (ast)
- Catalan: carnívor (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 食肉的 (zh) (shíròu de)
- Czech: masožravý (cs)
- Dutch: carnivoor (nl), vleesetend (nl)
- Esperanto: karnovora
- Faroese: kjøtetandi
- Finnish: peto- (fi), lihansyöjä- (fi), lihaa syövä
- French: carnivore (fr), carnassier (fr)
- Galician: carnívoro (gl)
- Georgian: ხორცისმჭამელი (xorcismč̣ameli)
- German: fleischfressend (de)
- Greek: σαρκοβόρος (el) (sarkovóros)
- Ancient: σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), κρεοφάγος (kreophágos), ζῳόφαγος (zōióphagos)
- Hindi: मांसाहारी m (mānsāhārī)
- Hungarian: húsevő (hu), karnivor
- Ingrian: hiisnoi
- Irish: feoiliteach
- Japanese: 肉食の (ja) (にくしょくの, nikushoku no, にくじきの, nikujiki no)
- Korean: 육식의 (ko) (yuksig-ui)
- Latin: carnivorus
- Malay: maging
- Norwegian:
- Nynorsk: kjøtæt
- Plautdietsch: fleeschfrätent
- Polish: mięsożerny (pl), drapieżny (pl)
- Portuguese: carnívoro (pt)
- Russian: плотоя́дный (ru) (plotojádnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: feòil-itheach
- Slovak: mäsožravý (sk)
- Spanish: carnívoro (es)
- Swedish: köttätande (sv)
- Tagalog: lamankainin
- Telugu: మాంసాహార (māṁsāhāra)
- Ukrainian: м'ясоїдний (mʺjasojidnyj)
- Welsh: cigysol (cy)
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