herbivore

English

Etymology

From French herbivore. Equivalent to herb (herbage) +‎ -vore.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɜːɹbɪvɔːɹ/

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Noun

herbivore (plural herbivores)

1. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
   • 2011, Bernard Wood, Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution‎^[1]:

     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

• herbivoral
• herbivore man
• herbivorous
• herbivory

 

Related terms

• Herbivora

Translations

plant-eating organism

• Afrikaans: herbivoor (af), planteter
• Arabic: حَيَوَان عَاشِب m (ḥayawān ʕāšib)
• Armenian: խոտակեր (hy) (xotaker)
• Basque: belarjale
• Breton: geotdebrer (br) m
• Bulgarian: тревопасно животно n (trevopasno životno)
• Catalan: herbívor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食草動物／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 (gl) m
• Georgian: ბალახიჭამია (balaxič̣amia), ბალახისმჭამელი ცხოველები (balaxismč̣ameli cxovelebi)
• German: Pflanzenfresser (de) m
• Greek: φυτοφάγος (el) m (fytofágos)

  Ancient: βοτόν n (botón)

• Hungarian: növényevő (hu)
• Ido: herbivoro (io)
• Indonesian: herbivor (id)
• Ingrian: kasvonsööjä
• Italian: erbivoro (it) m
• Japanese: 草食動物 (ja) (そうしょくどうぶつ, sōshoku dōbutsu)
• Kannada: ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿ (kn) (sasyāhāri)
• Khmer: តិណាសី (km) (teh na sei)
• Korean: 초식 동물 (草食動物) (chosik dongmul)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: giyaxwer (ku) n

• Lithuanian: (grass-eater) žolėdis m, (plant-eater) augalėdis m
• Macedonian: тревоја́дец m (trevojádec), тревопа́сно жи́вотно n (trevopásno žívotno)
• Malay: binatang maun, haiwan maun, haiwan herbivor, herbivor (ms)
• Malayalam: സസ്യഭുക്ക് (sasyabhukkŭ)
• Maori: kaiota
• Mongolian: өвсөн тэжээлтэн (övsön težeelten)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planteeter (no) m

  Nynorsk: planteetar m

• Old English: wyrtǣta m
• Persian: گیاهخوار (fa) (giyâhxvâr)
• Polish: roślinożerca (pl) m
• Portuguese: herbívoro (pt) m
• Romanian: erbivor (ro) n
• Russian: травоя́дное живо́тное n (travojádnoje živótnoje), фитофа́г (ru) m (fitofág)
• Scottish Gaelic: lus-itheadair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: би̏љоје̄д m, би̏љождер m

  Roman: bȉljojēd (sh) m, bȉljožder (sh) m, biljojedac m

• Slovak: bylinožravec m
• Slovene: rastlinojedec (sl) m, rastlinojed m
• Spanish: herbívoro (es) m
• Swahili: mla-mimea ?
• Swedish: växtätare (sv) c
• Tagalog: halmankain, erbiboro
• Thai: สัตว์กินพืช (th) (sàt-gin-pʉ̂ʉt)
• Vietnamese: động vật ăn cỏ, động vật ăn thực vật
• Welsh: llysysor m, llysysydd m

See also

• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• hemovore
• insectivore
• omnivore

French

Etymology

From herbe +‎ -vore.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.bi.vɔʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: herbivores
• Hyphenation: her‧bi‧vore

Adjective

herbivore (plural herbivores)

1. herbivorous

Noun

herbivore m (plural herbivores)

1. herbivore

Further reading

• “herbivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.