wikipedia|vegetarianism
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Pronunciation
rhymes|��ri�n

Noun
en-noun

1. A person who does not eat animal flesh, or in some cases, no animal products. There are several subcategories, see "related terms" below.

#* Vegetarian â�� thatâ��s an old Indian word for 'lousy hunter.' — Andy Rooney

1. An animal that eats only plants, a herbivore.

Related terms
vegan: (person who does not eat any animal products)
lactovegetarian, lactarian: (person who does not eat animal flesh but eats dairy products)
lacto-ovo-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian: (person who does not eat animal flesh but eats other animal products)
pescevegetarian, pescovegetarian, pescetarian, piscetarian: (person who does not eat meat but does eat fish)
herbivore: (the standard term used for a plant-eating animal)

Antonyms
carnivore
omnivore: (animal eating meat and vegetable matter)

Translations
trans-top|person who or animal that does not eat any animal flesh
Dutch: t-|nl|vegetariër m
Finnish: t+|fi|kasvissyöjä, t+|fi|vegetaristi
French: t-|fr|végétarien|m, t-|fr|végétarienne|f
German: t+|de|Vegetarier|m
Hungarian: t|hu|vegetariánus
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Italian: t+|it|vegetariano|m
Japanese: t|ja|��主義�|trsaishoku-shugi-sha|scJpan
Polish: wegetarianin m, wegetarianka f
Portuguese: t+|pt|vegetariano
Scottish Gaelic: feòil-sheachnair m, glasraichear m, lusair m
Swedish: t+|sv|vegetarian|c
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trans-top|plant-eating animal
ttbc|Dutch: t|nl|herbivoor m
Finnish: t-|fi|kasvinsyöjä
French: t+|fr|herbivore|m|f
German: t-|de|Pflanzenfresser|m
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Hungarian: t|hu|növényev�
Japanese: t|ja|��|trs�shoku|scJpan
Polish: ro�linożerca
Scottish Gaelic: t-|gd|feòil-sheachnair|m|xsScottish Gaelic, t-|gd|lusair|m|xsScottish Gaelic, t-|gd|glasraichear|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
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ttbc|Chinese: 素� (sùshí); 素�� (sùshízh�)
ttbc|Korean: ��주��
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).

Translations
trans-top|relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
Dutch: t-|nl|vegetarisch
Finnish: kasvis-
German: t-|de|vegetarisch
French: t-|fr|végétarien
Italian: t+|it|vegetariano
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Japanese: t|ja|��主義�|trsaishoku-shugi-no|scJpan person, t|ja|���|trs�shoku-no|scJpan animal
Portuguese: t+|pt|vegetariano
Swedish: vegetarisk
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Derived terms
vegetarianism

See also
fruitarian
nutarian
vegan
pescetarian

Swedish
sv-noun-reg-r-c|2=vegetariane

Noun
vegetarian c

1. A #Noun|vegetarian.

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• 2007-12-16 20:25 - Panda10 - /* Translations */ Added Hungarian to both sections

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