Is the word animal a noun

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK, US) enPR: ăn’ĭməl, IPA^(key): /ˈænɪməl/

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).

Noun[edit]

animal (plural animals)

1. (sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

   A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.

   Synonyms: beast, creature

   • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 133:

     It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.

2. (loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

   Synonym: beast

3. (loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).

   • 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

     Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.

4. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

   My students are animals.

   Synonyms: brute, monster, savage

5. (informal) A person of a particular type.

   He’s a political animal.

6. Matter, thing.

   a whole different animal

Hyponyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:animal

Derived terms[edit]

• animalist

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Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.

Adjective[edit]

animal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to animals.

   animal instincts

   Synonyms: beastly, bestial

2. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

   animal passions

   Synonyms: animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild

3. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:

     To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.

4. (slang, Ireland) Excellent

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals

Further reading[edit]

• animal at OneLook Dictionary Search
• animal in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “animal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• animal in Britannica Dictionary
• animal in Ozdic collocation dictionary
• animal in WordReference English Collocations

Anagrams[edit]

• Alamin, Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal.

Adjective[edit]

animal (epicene, plural animales)

1. animal

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animales)

1. animal

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.niˈmal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective[edit]

animal (masculine and feminine plural animals)

1. animal

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animals)

1. animal

Derived terms[edit]

• animalada
• animalitzar (“to animalize”)

Further reading[edit]

• “animal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “animal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “animal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “animal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal
• IPA^(key): /ʔaniˈmal/, [ʔʌ.n̪ɪˈmal̪]

Noun[edit]

animál

1. animal
2. (derogatory) a contemptible person
3. (sometimes humurous) a crazy person

Adjective[edit]

animál

1. (sometimes humorous) crazy
2. contemptible, deserving contempt
3. ruthless; without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless

Interjection[edit]

animál

1. (vulgar) used as an expression of disgust, anger, etc.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.mal/
• Homophones: animale, animales

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animaux)

1. animal

   Synonyms: bête, bestiole

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

animal (feminine animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales)

1. animal

   Synonym: bestial

   Antonym: végétal

Further reading[edit]

• “animal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams[edit]

• lamina

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal.

Adjective[edit]

animal m or f (plural animais)

1. animal

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animais)

1. animal

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French animal, from Latin animal.

Noun[edit]

animal

1. animal

   Synonym: zannimo

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish animal.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal
• IPA^(key): /ʔaniˈmal/, [ʔɐ.niˈmal]

Noun[edit]

animál

1. animal

   Synonym: ayup

Interlingua[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /a.niˈmal/

Noun[edit]

animal (plural animales)

1. animal

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese animal.

Noun[edit]

animal

1. beast
2. animal

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From animāle, nominative neuter singular of animālis.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.mal/, [ˈänɪmäɫ̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.mal/, [ˈäːnimäl]

Noun[edit]

animal n (genitive animālis); third declension

1. animal
2. living creature

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	animal	animālia
Genitive	animālis	animālium
Dative	animālī	animālibus
Accusative	animal	animālia
Ablative	animālī	animālibus
Vocative	animal	animālia

Synonyms[edit]

• bestia

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

• “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• animal in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• animal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • animate and inanimate nature: animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)
  • domestic animals: animalia quae nobiscum degunt (Plin. 8. 40)

Middle English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmaːl/, /aˈnimal/

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French animal, from Latin animal.

Alternative forms[edit]

• animale

Noun[edit]

animal (plural animales)

1. An animal (considered to include humans)

Descendants[edit]

• English: animal
• Scots: ainimal

References[edit]

• “animāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animālis.

Alternative forms[edit]

• animale, animall, anymal, anymall

Adjective[edit]

animal

1. Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience)

Descendants[edit]

• English: animal

References[edit]

• “animāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.

Middle French[edit]

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animaux or animaulx)

1. animal

   Synonym: beste

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese animal and Spanish animal.

Noun[edit]

animal

1. beast
2. animal

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal. Doublet of alimária.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal

Adjective[edit]

animal m or f (plural animais, comparable, comparative mais animal, superlative o mais animal or animalíssimo)

1. (biology) animal (relating to animals)
   • 2000, Julio S. Inglez de Sousa et al., Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, page 225:

     Em anatomia animal o termo é de uso muito comum, […]

     The term is very commonly used in animal anatomy, […]

2. (derogatory, of a person) brute (senseless, unreasoning)
3. (Brazil, colloquial) cool; awesome
   • 2015, Juliana Rosenthal K., Save the Day, Buqui, page 52:

     É, tava animal mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.

     Yeah, it really was wild — Bia can barely speak.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animais)

1. (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia)
   • 2020, Petrônio Braz, Léxico dos Gerais, Chiado Books, page 481:

     Primatas — Animais mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.

     Primates — Mammalian animals, of the order Primata, which comprises monkeys/apes, anthropoids and man.

2. (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate)
   • Daniela Ikawa, Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social in 2007, Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação, volume 2, Juruá Editora, page 44:

     Separar os dois grupos — humanos e animais requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, […]

     Separating the twe groups — humans and animals would require, within the limits of the theory relating to pain and suffering, […]

   Synonyms: besta, bicho

3. (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron
   • 1979, Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira, Os meus fantasmas, Editora Comunicação, page 490:

     Escute aqui, seu animal, então você brigou com o companheiro?

     Listen up, you dumbass, so you fought with [your] mate?

   Synonyms: idiota, retardado, burro, imbecil, débil mental, besta

4. (colloquial) beast (a cruel person)
   • 2007, Creso Balduíno, O verso do ser, Editora Revan, page 170:

     Josuel é um animal repulsivo, uma besta humana.

     Josuel is a repulsive beast, a human beast.

   Synonym: monstro

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.

Derived terms[edit]

• animal de estimação
• animalizar
• animalzão (augmentative)
• animalzinho (diminutive)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French animal, from Latin animal. Doublet of nămaie.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /a.niˈmal/

Adjective[edit]

animal m or n (feminine singular animală, masculine plural animali, feminine and neuter plural animale)

1. animal, animalistic
2. brutal

Declension[edit]

Adverb[edit]

animal

1. brutally

Noun[edit]

animal n (plural animale)

1. animal

Declension[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal.

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animals)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal

Synonyms[edit]

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
• (Sursilvan) tier, bestia
• (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin animal. See also alimaña, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmal/ [a.niˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mal

Adjective[edit]

animal (plural animales)

1. animal

Noun[edit]

animal m (plural animales)

1. animal

Derived terms[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

• “animal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams[edit]

• lámina
• lamina

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish animal.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mal
• IPA^(key): /ʔaniˈmal/, [ʔɐ.nɪˈmal]

Noun[edit]

animál

1. beast; brute; creature

   Synonyms: halimaw, hayop

2. (derogatory) brutish person; inhuman person

   Synonyms: hayop, bruto, bestiya

Derived terms[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English animal.

Noun[edit]

animal

1. animal (members of Kingdom Animalia that are not humans)

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:

   Synonym: abus

животный, звериный, анимальный, скотский, животное, зверь, скотина

прилагательное ↓

существительное ↓

Словосочетания

the animals in the zoo — животные в этом зоопарке  
progressive forms of animal life — прогрессивные формы животного мира  
an animal with a bushy tail — животное с пушистым хвостом  
the rabid animal’s frothing mouth — покрытая пеной пасть бешеного животного  
his poor broken-down animal — его бедное обессилевшее животное  
cardboard animal cutouts — вырезанные из картона фигурки животных  
animal desire — животная страсть  
animal droppings — помёт животных  
animal fat — животный жир  
free animal — животное, находящееся на свободе  
laboratory animal — подопытное животное  
to domesticate an animal — приручать животное  

Примеры с переводом

Возможные однокоренные слова

animalism  — анимализм, чувственность
animalhood  — животное начало
animalier  — анималист, анималист
animalist  — анималист, сенсуалист, сластолюбец, защитник прав животных
animality  — животное начало в человеке, животные побуждения, животный мир
animalize  — превращать, в животное, анимализировать, изображать, в виде животного
animally  — животному, как животное, скотски

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): animal
мн. ч.(plural): animals

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What type of noun is animal?

The noun ‘animal’ is usually a common noun, not a proper noun.

Is a dog a person or thing?

Explanation: A noun is a person, place, or thing. The nouns in this sentence are dog and tail. A dog is considered a thing since it is not a person or place.

Is Cat a thing or person?

The word ‘cat’ is a noun. This means that as a word, it references a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be used as subjects or objects within a sentence. These words are often paired with verbs.

Is a frog a thing or person?

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Answer and Explanation: The noun ‘animal’ is usually a common noun, not a proper noun. It is not the name of a specific animal. The common names given to animals, such as horse, cow, cat, and dog, are also common nouns.

Are animals proper noun or common noun?

Proper Noun – A proper noun is a specific name for a particular place, person, organization etc.. Here , Animals is not a proper noun because it is not a specific name. So it is considered as a common noun.

A common noun is the general name of someone or something, like the word “dog.” A proper noun is the specific name of someone or something, like your dog’s name Fido.

Is tiger a common noun?

Tiger is just a common noun. It does not show the specific name of the tiger. There can be tigers more than one, thus it is a common noun.

Is lion a common noun?

Answer and Explanation:
The word ‘lion’ is not a proper noun. It is a common noun. It names a type of animal but not a specific animal.

Is elephant common noun?

Elephant is a common noun, and strength is an abstract noun that defines an elephant’s quality. Hence, this option is correct. As we already know, Elephant is a common noun and strength is an Abstract noun.

Is cow a common noun?

Other examples of common noun are cow, dog, elephant, student etc.

Is cat common noun?

Cat is a common noun because it represents a class of animal. There are thousands of cats in the world.

Is bird a common noun?

Answer: The word ‘bird’ is a common noun, a word for any bird of any kind.

Is monkey a common noun?

Answer. Monkey is a common noun because there are various types of Monkeys…

Is a parrot a proper noun?

The noun parrot is a common noun, a general word for any parrot. Parrot is a proper noun.

Is Apple a common noun?

In the above sentence, the noun ‘apple’ is a common noun. It simply represents apple as a unit of a group of common things (apples). We all know that an apple is a common fruit and can be referred to as a common noun.

Is Mango a common noun?

Is ‘mango’ a common noun or a proper noun? It is a common noun. Because even though ‘mango’ is a specific type of fruit, it is a class of fruits and not just one specific fruit.

Is giraffe a common noun?

Giraffe is a common noun, The sky is a common noun.

Is egg a common noun?

egg is a common noun as its type is not justified.

What is a proper noun for animal?

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Is Wolf a common noun?

Each is a common noun because they name a thing, place, or person: People: mother, father, baby, child, toddler, teenager, grandmother, student, teacher, minister, businessperson, salesclerk, woman, man. Animals: lion, tiger, bear, dog, cat, alligator, cricket, bird, wolf.

Is Eagle a proper noun?

No. It is a common noun because it refers to class of birds.

What noun is giraffe?

Answer: It’ s proper noun .

Is horses a common noun?

The word ”horse,” as written, is a common noun and should not be capitalized because it refers, generally, to the animal itself.

What are common nouns?

A common noun is a non-specific person, place, or thing. For example, dog, girl, and country are examples of common nouns. In contrast, proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. Common nouns are typically not capitalized, but there are two exceptions to this rule.

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Is animal an adjective?

animal adjective (FROM ANIMALS)

singular	animal
plural	animals

What animal means simple?

The definition of an animal is a member of the kingdom Animalia, and is typically characterized by a multicellular body, specialized sense organs, voluntary movement, responses to factors in the environment and the ability to acquire and digest food. A horse, lion and human are each an example of an animal.

What is animal explain?

Animals (also called Metazoa) are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.

What is not an animal?

animal means a vertebrate animal, and includes a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish, but does not include a human being. However, invertebrate animals are wholly excluded.

Is Animalian a word?

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Biology. the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals, including humans.

What does protista mean?

: any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom (Protista synonym Protoctista) of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans, most algae, and often some fungi (such as slime molds)

What archaebacteria means?

Definition. noun, singular: archaebacterium. Unicellular microorganisms in the domain Archaea, which is genetically distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes, and often inhabiting extreme environmental conditions.

Where are archaebacteria found?

Archaea are microorganisms that define the limits of life on Earth. They were originally discovered and described in extreme environments, such as hydrothermal vents and terrestrial hot springs. They were also found in a diverse range of highly saline, acidic, and anaerobic environments.

How do you say the word archaebacteria?

Also ar·chae·o·bac·te·ri·a [ahr-kee-oh-bak-teer-ee-uh].

What does archaebacteria look like?

Archaea are tiny, usually less than one micron long (one one-thousandth of a millimeter). Even under a high-power light microscope, the largest archaeans look like tiny dots. Fortunately, the electron microscope can magnify even these tiny microbes enough to distinguish their physical features.

Which is older archaea or bacteria?

These names have stuck, though a battle continues over whether another word — prokaryotes, meaning Bacteria plus Archaea together — has any legitimate use. And it is no longer believed that Archaea are any older than Bacteria, as their name and the New York Times headline might imply.

What are the 3 main domains of life?

This phylogeny overturned the eukaryote-prokaryote dichotomy by showing that the 16S rRNA tree neatly divided into three major branches, which became known as the three domains of (cellular) life: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya (Woese et al. 1990).

What’s the difference between archaea and bacteria?

A possible answer is: Bacteria contain peptidoglycan in the cell wall; archaea do not. The cell membrane in bacteria is a lipid bilayer; in archaea, it can be a lipid bilayer or a monolayer. Bacteria contain fatty acids on the cell membrane, whereas archaea contain phytanyl.

Which domain do humans belong to?

Eukaryote

Are prokaryotes bacteria?

Bacteria are microorganisms made up of a single prokaryotic cell. There are two general categories of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic.

Is protist a living thing?

All living organisms can be broadly divided into two groups — prokaryotes and eukaryotes — which are distinguished by the relative complexity of their cells. Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes, while all other living organisms — protists, plants, animals and fungi — are eukaryotes.

Is virus a Protoctist?

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and have actively influenced the evolution of life since its very beginnings. Protists are unicellular eukaryotes and harbor a wide spectrum of viruses, from small RNA viruses to giant DNA viruses.

How can protist infections be prevented?

Infection can only be prevented by stopping individuals from being bitten. People sleep under mosquito nets and wear insect repellent to avoid bites. Antimalarial drugs are also taken, which treat the symptoms and can prevent infection.

What domain are animals in?

What are the 3 types of domain?

There are three domains of life, the Archaea, the Bacteria, and the Eucarya. Organisms from Archaea and Bacteria have a prokaryotic cell structure, whereas organisms from the domain Eucarya (eukaryotes) encompass cells with a nucleus confining the genetic material from the cytoplasm.

Is bacteria a kingdom or domain?

The three domains are the Archaea, the Bacteria, and the Eukarya. Prokaryotic organisms belong either to the domain Archaea or the domain Bacteria; organisms with eukaryotic cells belong to the domain Eukarya.