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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carnivorous

/kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
car-niv-o-rous
IPA
/kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.

adj

Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory.

adj

Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
  • British English: /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

Inflected Forms

more carnivorous (comparative) most carnivorous (superlative)

Derived Forms

anticarnivorous carnivorously carnivorousness hypercarnivorous hypocarnivorous macrocarnivorous mesocarnivorous noncarnivorous protocarnivorous uncarnivorous

Synonyms

meat-eating creophagous sarcophagic sarcophagous

Rhymes With

omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous frugivorous sanguinivorous oryzivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous fungivorous

Questions

How do you pronounce carnivorous?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/.
What does carnivorous mean?
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Where does carnivorous come from?
From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

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