animal

CEFRA1

/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A living creature that can move and usually eat food.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Relating to animals rather than plants or people.

Examples

  • Each animal was tagged with a number for identification.

  • Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈe.nɪ.məl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

  2. Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).

  3. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.

More examples

In context

  • A cow is a useful animal.

  • Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.

  • When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native English deer (outside puristic usage) in the general animal sense, from Middle English der, deor (“animal”), from Old English dēor, related to German Tier (“animal”), Dutch dier, Swedish djur etc. Displaced also rother (“horned animal, esp. ox”, now obsolete), from Middle English rother, reother (“a bovine”), from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer.