endangered

English

Adjective

endangered (comparative more endangered, superlative most endangered)

1. in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
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Derived terms

• endangeredness
• endangered species
• nonendangered
• unendangered

 

Related terms

• endanger

Translations

in danger, at risk

• Bulgarian: застрашен (bg) (zastrašen)
• Catalan: en perill
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀕危／濒危 (zh) (bīnwēi)

• Czech: ohrožený (cs)
• Dutch: bedreigd (nl)
• Finnish: uhanalainen (fi), erittäin uhanalainen (IUCN 3.1)
• French: en danger
• Hebrew: בסיכון (besicun)
• Hungarian: veszélyeztetett (hu)
• Italian: a rischio
• Japanese: 危機に瀕する
• Maori: tata korehāhā
• Polish: zagrożony (pl)
• Portuguese: em risco
• Russian: угрожа́емый (ru) (ugrožájemyj), вымира́ющий (ru) (vymirájuščij) (dying out), исчеза́ющий (ru) (isčezájuščij) (vanishing)
• Spanish: en peligro, peligrado (es)
• Telugu: ముప్పు పొంచి ఉన్న (te) (muppu poñci unna), ప్రమాదంలో ఉన్న (te) (pramādaṁlō unna), అంతరిస్తున్న (te) (antaristunna), అంతరించిపోతున్న (te) (antariñcipōtunna)
• Turkish: nesli tehlikede
• Zulu: ebungozini

Verb

endangered

1. simple past and past participle of endanger