living thing

English

Noun

living thing (plural living things)

1. An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:organism

Translations

something living

• Dutch: levend wezen n
• Esperanto: vivaĵo
• Finnish: elävä olento, eliö (fi)
• French: être vivant (fr) m
• German: Lebewesen (de) n
• Indonesian: makhluk hidup
• Irish: beothach m
• Italian: essere vivente (it) m
• Navajo: naaldeehii
• Polish: żywa istota f
• Portuguese: ser vivo (pt) m
• Russian: органи́зм (ru) m (organízm)
• Spanish: ser vivo (es) m
• Tagalog: katubaghay
• Tocharian B: onolme
• Welsh: peth byw m

See also

• organism

Further reading

• “living thing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "living thing" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• living thing, kids.britannica.com
• living thing, organism, living things, organisms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.