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omnivorous

/ɒmˈnɪvəəs/om-NIH-vur-uhs
/ɑmˈnɪvɚəs/ahm-NIH-vur-uhs

Meaningall-eating

Common meaning: eating all kinds of food

‘all, every’ + ‘to swallow greedily’ → omnivorous

Journey through time

  1. Latinvorō‘to swallow greedily’
  2. Englishomnivorous‘eating all kinds of food’ · today

omni- also in: omnipotent

vor also in: voraciousdevouromnivorecarnivoreherbivorous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vorō ‘to swallow greedily’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vorō, p. 2014 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vorō Latin “to swallow greedily”

Related words

carnivoredevourherbivorousomnivorevoracious

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