English

Pronunciation
AHD|�n'�m�l
IPA|/�æn�m�l/
SAMPA|/"{n@m@l/
audio|en-us-animal.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
From Latin #Latin|animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animalis adj, from anima �breath, spirit�.

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Noun
en-noun

1. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

#: A cat is an animal, not a plant.
#: Evolutionary biologists say humans are also animals.

1. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human being.
2. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc)
3. figuratively A person who behaves wildly.

#: My students are animals.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|organism beast, creature

Sicilian: armali
Slovak: živo�ích m, zviera n
Slovene: t+|sl|žival|f, t+|sl|zver|f
Spanish: t+|es|animal|m, t+|es|bestia|f
Swahili: mnyama, wanyama pl (noun 1/2)
Swedish: t+|sv|djur|n
Tamil: வில����
Telugu: ��త�వ�
Thai: THchar|สั�ว� (sàt)
Turkish: t+|tr|hayvan
Ukrainian: �ва�инa (tvaryna) f
Veps: živat
Vietnamese: thú vật (��)
Volapük: nim
Võro: elläi
Welsh: t-|cy|mil|m|xs=Welsh
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Portuguese: t+|pt|animal|m
Russian: t+|ru|живо�ное|n|trživótnoje|scCyrl, t+|ru|зве��|m|trzv'er�|scCyrl
Scots: ainimal
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Slovak: zviera n
Swedish: t+|sv|best|c
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Etymology 2
From Latin animalis, 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
en-adj|-

1. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.

#* 2003: To explain what activated the flesh, �animal spirits� were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion. � Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 47)

1. Of or relating to animals.

#: animal instincts

1. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

#: animal passions

1. context|slang|Ireland Excellent.

Synonyms
(of animals):
(unhindered by social codes): animalistic, bestial, wild

Translations
trans-top|of soul
Hungarian: t-|hu|lelki
Icelandic: t-|is|dýrslegur|m, t-|is|dýrsleg|f, t-|is|dýrslegt|n
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Italian: t+|it|animale
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trans-top|of animals
Breton: loenel
Bulgarian: живо�ин�ки (životinski) m & p, необ�здан (neobuzdan) m
Croatian: t-|hr|animalan, t-|hr|životinjski
Czech: t-|cs|zví�ecí|m|f|n
Danish: dyrisk
Dutch: t-|nl|dierlijk, t-|nl|dierlijke
Finnish: eläin- (in compounds)
French: t+|fr|animal|m, t+|fr|animale|f
German: t-|de|tierisch
Greek: t-|el|άγ�ιο�|tragrios|scGrek, t-|el|ζ��δη�|trzo'odis|scGrek, t-|el|κ�ην�δη�|trktinodis|scGrek, t-|el|θη�ι�δη�|trtheriodis|scGrek
Hebrew: t-|he|���|sc=Hebr
Hungarian: t-|hu|állati
Icelandic: t-|is|dýrslegur|m, t-|is|dýrsleg|f, t-|is|dýrslegt|n
Interlingua: animal
Italian: t+|it|animale
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Kurdish: KUchar|ح����ا��
Latin: t-|la|animalis|m|f, t-|la|animale|n
Persian: FAchar|ح��ا�� (heyvani)
Polish: t-|pl|zwierz�cy|m, t-|pl|zwierz�ca|f, t-|pl|zwierz�ce|n
Portuguese: animal m|f
Romanian: t-|ro|animal
Russian: t-|ru|зве�ин�й|m|trzverínyj|scCyrl
Slovak: zvierací m
Spanish: t+|es|animal
Swedish: t-|sv|djurisk
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trans-top|unhindered by social codes
Bulgarian: t+|bg|живо�ин�ки|n|p|trživotinski|scCyrl
Croatian: t-|hr|animalan, t-|hr|životinjski
Finnish: t-|fi|eläimellinen
Greek: t-|el|άγ�ιο�|tragrios|scGrek, t-|el|ζ��δη�|trzo'odis|scGrek, t-|el|κ�ην�δη�|trktinodis|scGrek
Icelandic: t-|is|dýrslegur|m, t-|is|dýrsleg|f, t-|is|dýrslegt|n
Italian: t+|it|animale
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Portuguese: t+|pt|animal
Romanian: t-|ro|s�lbatic
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Related terms
Animalia

Derived terms
manimal

See also
Appendix:Animals|Wiktionary appendix of animal names

Category:1000 English basic words

French

Pronunciation
IPA|[ani'mal
]

Noun
animal m (plural: animaux)

1. animal

Synonyms
bête
bestiole

Adjective
animal m (f animale, m p animaux, f p animales)

1. animal

Synonyms
bestial

Antonyms
végétal

Latin

Etymology
From term|anima||breath, life|lang=la

Noun
la-noun|animal|animalis|anim�lis|n|third

1. #English|animal
2. living creature

Inflection

la-decl-3rd-INEUT|animal|anim�l

Synonyms
animalis, bestia

Related terms
anima
animalis
animare
animus

Portuguese

Noun
animal m (plural: animais)

1. animal

Adjective
animal (plural: animais)

1. animal

Category:Portuguese nouns

Romanian

Etymology
From L.|ro animalis through F.|ro #French|animal.

Adjective
ro-adj|4

1. animal, animalistic
2. brutal

Declension
ro-adj-4

Adverb
ro-adv

1. brutally

Noun
ro-noun|gendm|planimali

1. animal

Declension
ro-noun-m

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-m|pl=animales

1. animal

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