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carnivore

/ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
car-ni-vore
IPA
/ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

noun

A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

noun

A person who is not a vegetarian.

Informal

noun

A follower of the carnivore diet.

Informal

name

a computer system designed by the FBI to monitor e-mail and electronic communications

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)ker-, *gʷerh₃-, carnivore, carnivorus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
  • British English: /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

carnivores (plural)

Derived Forms

carbivore carnivoracity carnivorism carnivorous carnivorousness carnivory flexivore hypercarnivore hypocarnivore macrocarnivore megacarnivore mesocarnivore

Phrases

carnivore diet facultative carnivore obligate carnivore

Frequently Paired Words

Carnivora carnivoran carnivorous folivore frugivore hemovore herbivore insectivore

Synonyms

meateater zoophage carnivoran meatarian meatatarian kreophagist nonvegetarian bloodmouth

Questions

How do you pronounce carnivore?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/.
What does carnivore mean?
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
Where does carnivore come from?
It is traced to French.

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