animal

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.məl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ə.məl/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.ə.məl/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈæː.nɪ.məl/, /ˈə.nɪ.məl/, (dialectal) /ˈe.nɪ.məl/ Rhymes: -ɪməl Hyphenation: an‧i‧mal === Etymology 1 === From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native English deer (outside puristic usage) in the general animal sense, from Middle English der, deor (“animal”), from Old English dēor, related to German Tier (“animal”), Dutch dier, Danish dyr, Swedish djur etc. Displaced also rother (“horned animal, esp. ox”, now obsolete), from Middle English rother, reother (“a bovine”), from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer. ==== Noun ==== animal (plural animals) A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms. Hypernyms: organism < creature Hyponyms: human, person; vertebrate, invertebrate Near-synonym: critter (loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. Synonym: beast Coordinate terms: human, person (loosely) A higher animal; an animal related to humans. (colloquial) A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate. A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird. A non-human mammal. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. Synonyms: brute, monster, savage (informal) A person of a particular type specified by an adjective. (informal) Matter, thing. ===== Hyponyms ===== See also Thesaurus:animal ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English animal, from Latin animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it. ==== Adjective ==== animal (not comparable) Of or relating to animals. Synonyms: beastly, bestial Coordinate term: vegetal Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. Synonyms: animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. (slang, Ireland) Excellent. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals === Further reading === animal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “animal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “animal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. animal in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. animal in Britannica Dictionary animal in Ozdic collocation dictionary animal in WordReference English Collocations === Anagrams === maalin, Almain, lamian, aminal, Manila, lamina, al-Amin, Milana, Alamin, almain, Malian, manila == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aniˈmal/ [a.niˈmal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal (epicene, plural animales) animal === Noun === animal m (plural animales) animal === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “animal”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “animal”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Catacao == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish animal (“animal”). === Noun === animal animal === References === Urban, Matthias (2019), “The Tallán languages”, in Lost languages of the Peruvian north coast (Estudios Indiana)‎[4], Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 73–96 == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.niˈmal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [a.niˈmal] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal m or f (masculine and feminine plural animals) animal === Noun === animal m (plural animals) animal ==== Derived terms ==== animalada animalitzar (“to animalize”) === Further reading === “animal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “animal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “animal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “animal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaniˈmal/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɪˈmal̪] Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Noun === animál animal (derogatory) rascal Synonym: banyaga (sometimes humorous) a crazy person === Adjective === animál (sometimes humorous) crazy contemptible, deserving contempt ruthless; without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless === Interjection === animál (vulgar) used as an expression of disgust, anger, etc. == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish animal (“animal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aniˈmal/ [a.ni.ˈmal] Rhymes: -al, -mal Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Noun === animál animal == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.mal/ Homophones: animale, animales === Noun === animal m (plural animaux) animal Synonyms: bête, bestiole ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: animal, ⇒ zannimo ⇒ Réunion Creole French: zanimo === Adjective === animal (feminine animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales) animal Synonym: bestial Antonym: végétal === Further reading === “animal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === lamina == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aniˈmal/ [a.nĩˈmɑɫ] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal m or f (plural animais) animal === Noun === animal m (plural animais) animal === Further reading === “animal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “animal”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French animal, from Latin animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.mal/ === Noun === animal animal Synonym: zannimo === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[5], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 9 == Ilocano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔaniˈmal/ [ʔɐ.niˈmal] Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Noun === animál animal Synonym: ayup == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.niˈmal/ === Noun === animal (plural animales) animal == Kabuverdianu == === Etymology === From Portuguese animal. === Noun === animal beast animal == Kapampangan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish animal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ənɪˈmal/ [ə.nɪˈmal] Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Noun === animal animal Synonym: ayup == Latin == === Etymology === Substantivation of apocopated animāle, nominative neuter singular of animālis (“living”). See -al. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.nɪ.maɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ni.mal] === Noun === animal n (genitive animālis); third declension animal living creature ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== bestia ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "animal", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “animal”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[6], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aniˈmaːl/, /aˈnimal/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French animal, from Latin animal. ==== Alternative forms ==== animale ==== Noun ==== animal (plural animales) An animal (considered to include humans) ===== Descendants ===== English: animal (see there for further descendants) Scots: ainimal ===== References ===== “animāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 January 2019. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin animālis. ==== Alternative forms ==== animale, animall, anymal, anymall ==== Adjective ==== animal Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience) ===== Descendants ===== English: animal ===== References ===== “animāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 January 2019. == Middle French == === Noun === animal m (plural animaux or animaulx) animal Synonym: beste == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Portuguese animal and Spanish animal. === Noun === animal beast animal == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin animal. Doublet of alimária. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal m or f (plural animais, comparable, comparative mais animal, superlative o mais animal or animalíssimo) (biology) animal (relating to animals) (derogatory, of a person) brute (senseless, unreasoning) (Brazil, colloquial) cool; awesome === Noun === animal m (plural animais) (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia) (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate) 2007, Daniela Ikawa, Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social in 2007, Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação, volume 2, Juruá Editora, page 44: Synonyms: besta, bicho (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron Synonyms: idiota, retardado, burro, imbecil, débil mental, besta (colloquial) beast (a cruel person) Synonym: monstro ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “animal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “animal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Alternative forms === анимал (animal) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French animal, from Latin animal. Doublet of nămaie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.niˈmal/ Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal m or n (feminine singular animală, masculine plural animali, feminine/neuter plural animale) animal, animalistic brutal ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === animal brutally === Noun === animal n (plural animale) animal ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “animal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Romansh == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin animal. === Noun === animal m (plural animals) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal ==== Synonyms ==== (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga (Sursilvan) tier, bestia (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin animal. See also alimaña, an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aniˈmal/ [a.niˈmal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: a‧ni‧mal === Adjective === animal m or f (masculine and feminine plural animales) animal === Noun === animal m (plural animales) (biology) animal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “animal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === lámina, lamina == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish animal, from Latin animal. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaniˈmal/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɪˈmal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: a‧ni‧mal === Noun === animál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜎ᜔) beast; brute; creature Synonyms: halimaw, hayop (derogatory) brutish person; inhuman person Synonyms: hayop, bruto, bestiya ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Interjection === animál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜎ᜔) animal! Synonym: hayop === Anagrams === alamin, Manila == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English animal. Cognate with Bislama anamol, animol and Pijin animol. === Noun === animal animal (any non-human creature in the kingdom Animalia) Synonym: abus ==== Derived terms ==== dokta bilong ol animal (“veterinarian”)