species

== English == === Etymology === From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspiːʃiːz/, /ˈspiːsiːz/. Some speakers pronounce the singular with /-ɪz/, the plural with /-iːz/. Rhymes: -iːʃiːz, -iːsiːz (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/, /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/ === Noun === species (countable and uncountable, plural species or (rare, nonstandard) specieses) A type or kind. (Compare race.) (biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank. An individual or kind of a biological species. (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle. (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system. (obsolete) An image, an appearance, a spectacle. The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection. Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived. (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. A component part of compound medicine; a simple. ==== Usage notes ==== Species is singular and plural (like sheep, for example). Specie is a separate word that means coin money. When species cooccurs with the possessive morpheme -', it is generally still pronounced /ˈspiːʃiːz/ ~ /ˈspiːsiːz/, not */ˈspiːʃiːzɪz/ ~ /ˈspiːsiːzɪz/. (biology, taxonomy): See species name, binomial nomenclature. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== race (taxonomy, rank): domain kingdom phylum/division class order family genus superspecies species subspecies, form (botany, horticulture): variety, cultivar ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “species”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “species”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Noun === species plural of specie == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === species plural of specie ==== Synonyms ==== speciën == Latin == === Etymology === From speciō (“to see”) +‎ -iēs. (kind): Compare typologically Bulgarian вид (vid), Russian вид (vid), разнови́дность (raznovídnostʹ) (akin to ви́деть (vídetʹ)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɛ.ki.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɛː.t͡ʃi.es] === Noun === speciēs f (genitive speciēī); fifth declension seeing, view, look spectacle, sight Synonym: faciēs external appearance, looks; general outline or shape Synonyms: habitus, fōrma, frōns, faciēs semblance, pretence, pretense, pretext, outward show (per + genitive) Synonym: obtentus show, display point of view, perspective (figuratively) vision, dream, apparition (figuratively) honor, reputation (figuratively) a kind, quality, type (law, later) a special case (in the plural, New Latin) tea blend speciēs dīgestīvae ― digestive tea ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun. In Classical Latin including that of Cicero, inflections of fōrma are used to substitute for the genitive plural and dative and ablative plural. Later on a full paradigm became acceptable: Fifth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== speciātim speciōsus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “species”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “species”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "species", 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) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario Latino, Olivetti