animalia

See also: Animalia

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /animalia/ [a.ni.ma.li.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧li‧a

Noun

animalia anim

1. animal

Declension

Declension of animalia (anim a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	animalia	animalia	animaliak	animaliok
ergative	animaliak	animaliak	animaliek	animaliok
dative	animaliari	animaliari	animaliei	animalioi
genitive	animaliaren	animaliaren	animalien	animalion
comitative	animaliarekin	animaliarekin	animaliekin	animaliokin
causative	animaliarengatik	animaliarengatik	animaliengatik	animaliongatik
benefactive	animaliarentzat	animaliarentzat	animalientzat	animaliontzat
instrumental	animaliaz	animaliaz	animaliez	animaliotaz
innesive	animaliarengan	animaliarengan	animaliengan	animaliongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	animaliarengana	animaliarengana	animaliengana	animaliongana
terminative	animaliarenganaino	animaliarenganaino	animalienganaino	animalionganaino
directive	animaliarenganantz	animaliarenganantz	animalienganantz	animalionganantz
destinative	animaliarenganako	animaliarenganako	animalienganako	animalionganako
ablative	animaliarengandik	animaliarengandik	animaliengandik	animaliongandik
partitive	animaliarik	—	—	—
prolative	animaliatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• basanimalia (“wild animal”)

Related terms

• animalista

Further reading

• “animalia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “animalia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish animalia, from Latin animālia, plural of animal. Doublet of alimanya and animal.

Noun

animalia f (Hebrew spelling אנימאלייה)

1. animal (beast)

   Synonym: animal

   Hyponym: alimanya

   • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], numbers 68–72, page 59:

     […] i no digas: fulano es fermozo i yo no, ke bien saves ke deske el ombre es muerto, ke no se kuenta salvo por animalia muerta.

     And don’t say: so and so is handsome and I’m not; you know well that since the man is dead that he doesn’t count except as a dead animal.

Latin

Noun

animālia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of animal

Descendants

• French: aumaille
• Old Spanish: alimanna, animalia
  • Ladino: alimanya, animalia, אלימאנייה, אנימאלייה
  • Spanish: alimaña, animalia
• Portuguese: armalho (Alto Minhoto)

References

• "animalia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• alimanna

Etymology

Inherited from Latin animālia, plural of animal. Doublet of animal.

Noun

animalia f (plural animalias)

1. animal (beast)

   Synonym: animal

Descendants

• Ladino: alimanya, animalia, אלימאנייה, אנימאלייה
• Spanish: alimaña, animalia

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “animalia”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 38

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmalja/ [a.niˈma.lja]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧lia

Noun

animalia f (plural animalias)

1. uncommon form of alimaña

Further reading

• “animalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025