threatened

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/

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• Hyphenation: threat‧ened

Verb

threatened

1. simple past and past participle of threaten

Adjective

threatened (comparative more threatened, superlative most threatened)

1. (ecology, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
2. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Derived terms

• threatened abortion
• threatened species

 

Translations

at risk of becoming endangered

• Czech: ohrožený (cs)
• Danish: truet (da)
• Dutch: bedreigd (nl)
• Faroese: hóttur
• Finnish: uhanalainen (fi)
• German: bedroht (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: truet

• Portuguese: ameaçado (pt)
• Romanian: amenințat
• Slovak: ohrozený
• Spanish: amenazado (es)