"bestiary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbiːstiˌɛɹi/ [US], /ˈbɛstiˌɛɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bestiary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bestiaries [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia (“beast, animal”) (whence English beast). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|bēstiārium}} Medieval Latin bēstiārium, {{der|en|la|bēstia||beast, animal}} Latin bēstia (“beast, animal”), {{m|en|beast}} beast Head templates: {{en-noun}} bestiary (plural bestiaries)
  1. A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals. Translations (A medieval treatise of animals): حيوانات رامزة (Arabic), bestiario (Basque), бестыярыюм (bjestyjaryjum) [masculine] (Belarusian), бестиарий (bestiarij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bestiari [masculine] (Catalan), bestiář (Czech), bestiarium (Danish), bestiarium [neuter] (Dutch), bestarlibro (Esperanto), bestiaari (Finnish), eläinkirja (Finnish), bestiaire [masculine] (French), Bestiarium [neuter] (German), ספר חיות (Hebrew), בסטיארי (Hebrew), bestiario (Ido), bestiario [masculine] (Italian), 動物寓意譚 (Japanese), 베스티아리 (beseutiari) (Korean), bēstiārium [neuter] (Latin), бестија́р (bestijár) [masculine] (Macedonian), bestiarium (Norwegian), bestiariusz [masculine] (Polish), bestiarium [neuter] (Polish), bestiário [masculine] (Portuguese), бестиа́рий (bestiárij) [masculine] (Russian), bestiarij (Slovene), bestiario [masculine] (Spanish), bestiarium [neuter] (Swedish), бестіа́рій (bestiárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bwystori (Welsh), bwystawr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bestiary-en-noun-kcE-n3tj Disambiguation of 'A medieval treatise of animals': 87 13
  2. (gaming) A list or guidebook of the monsters to be found in a roleplaying game. Categories (topical): Gaming
    Sense id: en-bestiary-en-noun-HtmtFOR5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Topics: games, gaming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beast, bestial

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A medieval treatise of animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bestiarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bestiárij",
      "sense": "A medieval treatise of animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бестіа́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A medieval treatise of animals",
      "word": "bwystori"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A medieval treatise of animals",
      "word": "bwystawr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bestiary"
}

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