herbivore

English

Etymology

From French herbivore. Equivalent to herb +‎ -vore.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/

Noun

herbivore (plural herbivores)

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants.
- 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution:
  It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore

Synonyms

phytophage
vegetarian, vegan (of people)

Derived terms

Related terms

Herbivora

Translations

plant-eating organism

Armenian: խոտակեր (hy) (xotaker)
Bulgarian: тревопасно животно n (trevopasno životno)
Catalan: herbívor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食草動物 (zh), 食草动物 (zh) (shícǎo dòngwù)
Czech: býložravec (cs) m
Danish: planteæder (da) c
Dutch: herbivoor (nl) m, planteneter (nl) m
Esperanto: herbovorulo
Finnish: kasvinsyöjä (fi)
French: herbivore (fr) m
Galician: herbívoro m
Georgian: ბალახიჭამია (balaxič̣amia), ბალახისმჭამელი ცხოველები (balaxismč̣ameli cxovelebi)
German: Pflanzenfresser (de) m
Greek: φυτοφάγος (el) m (fytofágos)
Hungarian: növényevő (hu)
Indonesian: herbivor (id)
Italian: erbivoro (it) m
Japanese: 草食動物 (そうしょくどうぶつ, sōshoku dōbutsu)
Khmer: តិណាសី (km) (teh na sei)

Lithuanian: (grass-eater) žolėdis m, (plant-eater) augalėdis m
Macedonian: тревојадец m (trevojádec), тревопасно животно n (trevopásno žívotno)
Malay: binatang maun, haiwan maun, haiwan herbivor, herbivor
Norwegian:
Bokmål: planteeter (no) m

Nynorsk: planteetar m
Persian: گیاهخوار‎‎ (fa) (giyahkhar)
Polish: roślinożerca (pl) m
Portuguese: herbívoro (pt) m
Romanian: erbivor (ro) n
Russian: травоядное живо́тное n (travojadnoje živótnoje)
Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheadair m
Serbo-Croatian: biljojed (sh) m, biljožder (sh) m, biljožder (sh), biljojedac
Slovene: rastlinojedec (sl) m, rastlinojed m
Spanish: herbívoro (es) m
Swahili: mla-mimea
Swedish: växtätare (sv) c
Tagalog: halmankain
Vietnamese: động vật ăn cỏ, động vật ăn thực vật

See also

French

Etymology

herbe +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ/
Homophone: herbivores
Hyphenation: her‧bi‧vore

Adjective

herbivore (plural herbivores)

herbivorous

Noun

herbivore m (plural herbivores)

herbivore

Further reading

“herbivore” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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