Animal

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonym 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Latin 2.5 Alternate Spellings 2.6 Noun 2.6.4 Derived Words 2.6.5 Related Words

English

Pronunciation

1. A multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

   A cat is an animal, not a plant.

2. A person who behaves wildly.

   This man is an animal.

• beast
• creature

• Breton: loen m -ed, aneval m -ed (1,2)
• Bulgarian: животно n
• Chinese: 動物 (1), 野獸 (2)
• Czech: živočich m (1), zvíře n (1,2)
• Danish: dyr
• Dutch: dier n (1), beest n (1,2)
• Esperanto: besto
• Finnish: eläin, elukka (colloquial) (1, 2)
• French: animal m, bête f
• German: Tier n (1)
• Hebrew: בעל חיים m
• Icelandic: dýr n (1, 2)
• Indonesian: hewan, binatang
• Interlingua: animal, bestia
• Italian: animale m, bestia f (1)
• Japanese: 動物 (どうぶつ, dōbutsu)
• Kannada: prani
• Korean: 동물 [動物] (dongmul)
• Latin: animal n, bestia f (1)
• Norwegian: dyr
• Polish: zwierzę n
• Portuguese: animal m, besta f
• Romanian: animal n, fiară f
• Russian: животное n (1), зверь m (1,2)
• Slovak: živočích m (1), zviera n (1,2)
• Slovio: zver "n"
• Spanish: animal m, bestia
• Swedish: djur n (1), best c (1,2)
• Volapük: nim

• Breton: loenel
• Bulgarian: животински n, pl(1,2), необуздан m
• Czech: zvířecí m, f, n
• Dutch: dierlijk, dierlijke
• Finnish: eläin- (prefix of compound words) (1); eläimellinen (2)
• French: animal m, animale f
• German: tierisch
• Hebrew: חיה
• Interlingua: animal
• Latin: animalis m, f, animale n (1)
• Polish: zwierzęcy m, zwierzęca f, zwierzęce n
• Portuguese: animal m & f
• Romanian: animal m, animală f, animali m pl, animale f pl (1), sălbatic m, sălbatică f, sălbatici m pl, sălbatice f pl (2)
• Russian: звериный m
• Slovak: zvierací m
• Spanish: animal
• Swedish: djurisk

1. an animal
2. a living creature