animal
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latinski animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).
Noun
animal (plural animals)
- (sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; 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).
- (loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- Sinonim: beast
- (loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
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- (figurative) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- My students are animals.
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- (informal) A person of a particular type.
- He's a political animal.
- Matter, thing.
- a whole different animal
Hyponyms
- See also Tezaurus:animal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latinski animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.
Adjective
animal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to animals.
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- animal passions
- Sinonims: animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild
- Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:
- To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:
- (slang, Ireland) Excellent
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
References
- animal at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Šablon:R:Keywords 21st
- animal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
- Alamin, Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila (alphagram aailmn)
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal.
Adjective
Noun
animal m (plural animales)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) MFA(ključ): /ə.niˈmal/
- (Valencian) MFA(ključ): /a.niˈmal/
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rime: -al
Adjective
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Noun
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Derived terms
- animalada
- animalitzar (“to animalize”)
Further reading
- “animal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “animal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “animal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “animal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From Engleski animal, from Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latinski animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Noun
animal
- animal
- (derogatory) a contemptible person
- (sometimes humurous), a crazy person
Adjective
animal
- (sometimes humurous), crazy
- contemptible, deserving contempt
- ruthless; without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless
Etymology 2
From Španski animal, from Latinski animal.
Interjection
animal
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia.
Pronunciation
Noun
animal m (plural animaux)
Derived terms
Adjective
animal
Further reading
- “animal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal.
Adjective
animal m or f (plural animais)
Noun
animal m (plural animais)
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Francuski animal, from Latinski animal.
Noun
animal
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Noun
animal (plural animales)
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portugalski animal.
Noun
animal
Etymology
From animāle, nominative neuter singular of animālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
animal
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem..
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | animal | animālia |
Genitive | animālis | animālium |
Dative | animālī | animālibus |
Accusative | animal | animālia |
Ablative | animālī | animālibus |
Vocative | animal | animālia |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: nãmalj, nãmaljiu
- Corsican: animale
- Dalmatian: animuol, animul
- Franco-Provençal: armalye
- Old French: animal
- Friulian: nemâl
- Italijanski: animale
- → Maltese: annimal
- Old Galician-Portuguese: almallo
- Romagnol: animêl
- Rumunski: nămaie
- Sicilian: armali, armalu
- Španski: alimaña, almaje
- Tarantino: anemale
- Venetian: animal, anemal
- → Aragonese: animal
- → Asturian: animal
- → Basque: animalia
- → Breton: aneval
- → Catalan: animal
- → Franco-Provençal: animal
- → Friulian: animâl
- → Galician: animal
- → Ido: animalo (also from various others)
- → Interlingua: animal
- → Novial: animale
- → Occitan: animal
- → Portugalski: animal
- → Romansch: animal
- → Španski: animal
- → Welsh: anifail
References
- “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- animal in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- animal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- animate and inanimate nature: animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)
- domestic animals: animalia quae nobiscum degunt (Plin. 8. 40)
- animate and inanimate nature: animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)
Middle English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French animal, from Latinski animal.
Alternative forms
Noun
animal (plural animales)
- An animal (considered to include humans)
Descendants
References
- “animāl” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latinski animālis.
Alternative forms
Adjective
Descendants
- Engleski: animal
References
- “animāl” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.
Middle French
Noun
animal m (plural animaux or animaulx)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portugalski animal and Španski animal.
Noun
animal
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal. Dubleti of alimária.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (biology) animal (relating to animals)
- 2000, Julio S. Inglez de Sousa et al., Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, page 225:
- Em anatomia animal o termo é de uso muito comum, […]
- The term is very commonly used in animal anatomy, […]
- Em anatomia animal o termo é de uso muito comum, […]
- 2000, Julio S. Inglez de Sousa et al., Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, page 225:
- (derogatory, of a person) brute (senseless, unreasoning)
- (Brazil, colloquial) cool; awesome
- 2015, Juliana Rosenthal K., Save the Day, Buqui, page 52:
- É, tava animal mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.
- Yeah, it really was wild — Bia can barely speak.
- É, tava animal mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.
- 2015, Juliana Rosenthal K., Save the Day, Buqui, page 52:
Inflection
Quotations
Za navode korišćenja ovog termina, vidite Citati:animal.
Noun
animal m (plural animais)
- (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia)
- 2020, Petrônio Braz, Léxico dos Gerais, Chiado Books, page 481:
- Primatas — Animais mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.
- Primates — Mammalian animals, of the order Primata, which comprises monkeys/apes, anthropoids and man.
- Primatas — Animais mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.
- 2020, Petrônio Braz, Léxico dos Gerais, Chiado Books, page 481:
- (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate)
- Daniela Ikawa, Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social in 2007, Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação, volume 2, Juruá Editora, page 44:
- Separar os dois grupos — humanos e animais requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, […]
- Separating the twe groups — humans and animals would require, within the limits of the theory relating to pain and suffering, […]
- Separar os dois grupos — humanos e animais requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, […]
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- (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron
- 1979, Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira, Os meus fantasmas, Editora Comunicação, page 490:
- Escute aqui, seu animal, então você brigou com o companheiro?
- Listen up, you dumbass, so you fought with [your] mate?
- Escute aqui, seu animal, então você brigou com o companheiro?
- 1979, Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira, Os meus fantasmas, Editora Comunicação, page 490:
- (colloquial) beast (a cruel person)
- 2007, Creso Balduíno, O verso do ser, Editora Revan, page 170:
- Josuel é um animal repulsivo, uma besta humana.
- Josuel is a repulsive beast, a human beast.
- Josuel é um animal repulsivo, uma besta humana.
- Sinonim: monstro
- 2007, Creso Balduíno, O verso do ser, Editora Revan, page 170:
Quotations
Za navode korišćenja ovog termina, vidite Citati:animal.
Derived terms
- animal de estimação
- animalizar
- animalzão (augmentative)
- animalzinho (diminutive)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Francuski animal, from Latinski animal. Dubleti of nămaie.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Declension
Adverb
Noun
animal n (plural animale)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) animal | animalul | (niște) animale | animalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) animal | animalului | (unor) animale | animalelor |
vocative | animalule | animalelor |
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal.
Noun
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Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
- (Sursilvan) tier, bestia
- (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski animal. See also alimaña, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
Adjective
animal (plural animals)
Noun
animal m (plural animales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Further reading
- “animal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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- beast; brute; creature
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Derived terms
Etymology
Noun
animal
- animal (members of Kingdom Animalia that are not humans)
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- Sinonim: abus