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Definition 2024

predator

predator

English

Alternative forms

prædator (archaic)

Noun

predator ‎(plural predators)

any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food
someone who attacks and plunders for gain
a sexual predator
The woman was jailed after the judge called her a predator.

Related terms

Translations

any animal or other organism

Bashkir: йыртҡыс ‎(yïrtqïs)
Bulgarian: хи́щник (bg) m ‎(híštnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猛獸 (zh), 猛兽 (zh) ‎(měngshòu), 天敵 (zh), 天敌 (zh) ‎(tiāndí)
Czech: dravec m
Dutch: roofdier (nl) n
Finnish: saalistaja (fi)
French: prédateur (fr) m
Georgian: მტაცებელი ‎(mṭacebeli)
German: Raubtier (de) n
Greek: αρπακτικό (el) n ‎(arpaktikó)
Italian: predatore (it) m

Japanese: 天敵 ‎(てんてき, tenteki)
Korean: 천적 (ko) ‎(cheonjeok)
Latin: praedator m
Maori: konihi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: rovdyr (no) n

Nynorsk: rovdyr n
Polish: drapieżnik (pl) m
Portuguese: predador (pt) m
Russian: хи́щник (ru) m ‎(xíščnik)
Southern Altai: барынтычы ‎(barıntıçı)
Spanish: predador (es) m, depredador (es) m
Swedish: rovdjur (sv) n, predator (sv) c

someone who attacks

Chinese:
Mandarin: 掠奪者 (zh), 掠夺者 (zh) ‎(lüèduózhě)
Greek: αρπακτικό (el) n ‎(arpaktikó), άρπαγας (el) m ‎(árpagas)

Italian: predatore (it) m, predone m
Maori: konihi
Portuguese: predador (pt) m
Russian: хи́щник (ru) m ‎(xíščnik)

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prědaːtor/
Hyphenation: pre‧da‧tor

Noun

prèdātor m ‎(Cyrillic spelling прѐда̄тор)

predator

Declension

Declension of predator

	singular	plural
nominative	predator	predatori
genitive	predatora	predatora
dative	predatoru	predatorima
accusative	predatora	predatore
vocative	predatore	predatori
locative	predatoru	predatorima
instrumental	predatorom	predatorima