"-vore" meaning in English

See -vore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-vɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--vore.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--vore.wav [Southern-England] Forms: -vores [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore From Latin vorare (“to devour”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|la:vorō|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*gʷorh₃éh₂", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷerh₃-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*worā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ājō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "collective nouns", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "collective nouns", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vorō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-vore", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-vore">, {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|vorare|t=to devour}} Latin vorare (“to devour”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -vore (noun-forming suffix, plural -vores)
  1. An organism, usually animal, identified by its kind of diet. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -vorous, -phagy Translations (an animal identified by their kind of diet): آكِل (ʔākil) [masculine] (Arabic), -vor [masculine] (Catalan), -vore [masculine] (German), -φάγος (-fágos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), -βόρος (-vóros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), -evő (Hungarian), -żerca [masculine] (Polish), -voro (Portuguese), -ätare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--vore-en-suffix-COwdND-i Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Derived forms (general diets): carnivore [meat, meats, food, lifestyle], herbivore (english: plants only), omnivore (english: plants and meat) Derived forms (specific diets): amphibivore (english: amphibians), corallivore (english: corals), cytovore - cytoplasma (english: cellular), detritivore (english: decomposing material), folivore, frondivore (english: leaves), fructivore, frugivore (english: fruit), graminivore (english: grass), granivore (english: seeds), humivore (english: dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals), insectivore [insects, entomology, biology, natural-sciences], limnivore (english: mud), lithovore (english: rocks and minerals), molluscivore (english: molluscs), mucivore (english: plant juices), mycovore - fungi, nectarivore (english: nectar), palynivore (english: pollen), piscivore [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], rodentivore [rodents, mammals, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], sanguinivore (english: blood), saprovore (english: dead), decaying matter, spongivore (english: sea sponges)

Inflected forms

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      "translation": "plants only",
      "word": "herbivore"
    },
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      "english": "plants and meat",
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      "translation": "plants and meat",
      "word": "omnivore"
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      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "amphibians",
      "word": "amphibivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "corals",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "corals",
      "word": "corallivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "cellular",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "cellular",
      "word": "cytovore - cytoplasma"
    },
    {
      "english": "decomposing material",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "decomposing material",
      "word": "detritivore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "word": "folivore"
    },
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      "english": "leaves",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "leaves",
      "word": "frondivore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "word": "fructivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "fruit",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "fruit",
      "word": "frugivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "grass",
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      "translation": "grass",
      "word": "graminivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "seeds",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "seeds",
      "word": "granivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "dark brown part of soil that consists of decomposed plants and animals",
      "word": "humivore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "topics": [
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        "entomology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "insectivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "mud",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "mud",
      "word": "limnivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "rocks and minerals",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "rocks and minerals",
      "word": "lithovore"
    },
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      "english": "molluscs",
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      "translation": "molluscs",
      "word": "molluscivore"
    },
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      "english": "plant juices",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "plant juices",
      "word": "mucivore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "word": "mycovore - fungi"
    },
    {
      "english": "nectar",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "nectar",
      "word": "nectarivore"
    },
    {
      "english": "pollen",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "pollen",
      "word": "palynivore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
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        "zoology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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      "sense": "specific diets",
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      ],
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    },
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      "english": "blood",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "blood",
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    },
    {
      "english": "dead",
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "translation": "dead",
      "word": "saprovore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "specific diets",
      "word": "decaying matter"
    },
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      "english": "sea sponges",
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      "translation": "sea sponges",
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations"
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        "An organism, usually animal, identified by its kind of diet."
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      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʔākil",
      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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      ],
      "word": "آكِل"
    },
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      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
      "word": "-voro"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "an animal identified by their kind of diet",
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      ],
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    }
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}

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