"omnivorous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-omnivorous.wav
Rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs 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), kaikkirookain (Ingrian), 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)
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  2. (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-omnivorous-en-adj-WwSysdLj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with omni- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with omni-: 47 13 41
  3. (figuratively) All-consuming. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-omnivorous-en-adj-fFryG84j Categories (other): English terms prefixed with omni- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with omni-: 47 13 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: omnivorousness Related terms: omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous

Alternative forms

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      "rhymes": "-ɪvəɹəs"
    }
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}
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    "Rhymes:English/ɪvəɹəs",
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Diets"
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    {
      "word": "omnivorousness"
    }
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        "2": "omni-",
        "3": "-vorous"
      },
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "uder"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From omni- + -vorous; from the Latin omni, all and -vore.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "omnivorous (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "om‧niv‧o‧rous"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "omnivore"
    },
    {
      "word": "carnivorous"
    },
    {
      "word": "herbivorous"
    },
    {
      "word": "insectivorous"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carnivorous",
          "carnivorous"
        ],
        [
          "herbivorous",
          "herbivorous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a critical excursion, page 57:",
          "text": "The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press, page 72:",
          "text": "He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an interest in a variety of subjects."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "All-consuming."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "All-consuming.",
          "all-consuming"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) All-consuming."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪvəɹəs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qārit",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "قَارِت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kāliš",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "كَالِش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnívoru"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omniboro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "orojale"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vsejaden",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "всеяден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnívor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "všežravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "ĉiovora"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "altetandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "kaikkiruokainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnivore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇velaprismč̣ameli",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "ყველაფრისმჭამელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇ovlismštantkmeli",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "ყოვლისმშთანთქმელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "allfressend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pamfágos",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "παμφάγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pamphágos",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "παμφάγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "mindenevő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnivor"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "kaikkirookain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "onnivoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "daelsiiʼaahaakrupprɑɑpheit",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "ដែលស៊ីអាហារគ្រប់ប្រភេទ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "omnivorus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "maserba"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having the ability to eat both animal and vegetable food",
      "word": "altetende"
    },
    {
      "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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