carnívoro
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See also: carnivoro
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus.
Adjective
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)
Noun
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros)
Further reading
- “carnívoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, carne (“meat”) + -i- + -voro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)(zoology)
Noun
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros)(zoology)
- carnivore (meat-eating animal)
- carnivoran (mammal belonging to the order Carnivora)
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, Latin carne + Latin -i + Latin vorō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)
- carnivorous
- (of a bacterium) flesh-eating
Noun
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)
- carnivore (meat-eating animal)
Further reading
- “carnívoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16