"omnivorous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/
Etymology: From omni- + -vorous; from the Latin omni, all and -vore. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|omni-|-vorous}} omni- + -vorous, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} omnivorous (not comparable)
  1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Diets Translations (having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food): παμφάγος (pamphágos) (Ancient Greek), قَارِت (qārit) (Arabic), كَالِش (kāliš) (Arabic), omnívoru (Asturian), omniboro (Basque), orojale (Basque), всеяден (vsejaden) (Bulgarian), omnívor (Catalan), všežravý [masculine] (Czech), ĉiovora (Esperanto), altetandi (Faroese), kaikkiruokainen (Finnish), omnivore (French), ყველაფრისმჭამელი (q̇velaprismč̣ameli) (Georgian), ყოვლისმშთანთქმელი (q̇ovlismštantkmeli) (Georgian), allfressend (German), παμφάγος (pamfágos) (Greek), mindenevő (Hungarian), omnivor (Hungarian), onnivoro (Italian), ដែលស៊ីអាហារគ្រប់ប្រភេទ (daelsiiʼaahaakrupprɑɑpheit) (Khmer), omnivorus (Latin), maserba (Malay), altetende (Norwegian Bokmål), altetande (Norwegian Nynorsk), wszystkożerny [masculine] (Polish), omnívoro [Portugal] (Portuguese), onívoro [Brazil] (Portuguese), всея́дный (vsejádnyj) (Russian), omnívoro (Spanish), allätande (Swedish), tanankainin (Tagalog), всеї́дний (vsejídnyj) (Ukrainian), hollysol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-omnivorous-en-adj-J-Z1z6Dj Disambiguation of Diets: 67 7 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with omni-, English terms suffixed with -vorous, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 7 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 7 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with omni-: 53 15 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -vorous: 60 12 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 67 10 23 Disambiguation of 'having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food': 54 32 14
  2. (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-omnivorous-en-adj-WwSysdLj
  3. (figuratively) All-consuming. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-omnivorous-en-adj-fFryG84j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: omnivorousness Related terms: omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous

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    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "altetande"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wszystkożerny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "omnívoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "onívoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsejádnyj",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "всея́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnívoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "allätande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "tanankainin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vsejídnyj",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "всеї́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "hollysol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "omnivorous"
}

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