Meanings
nounbiodiversity (countable and uncountable, plural biodiversities)
plural biodiversities
- countableuncountablebiologyThe diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns.
2019 February 22, James Griffiths, “‘Extinction crisis’ threatening global food supply, UN report warns”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Englishdiversity
- Englishbiodiversity
Translations
Arabic تَنَوُّع البِيُولُوجِيّ
- تَنَوُّع البِيُولُوجِيّ (tanawwuʕ al-biyūlūjiyy)diversity of flora and fauna
Bulgarian биоразнообразие, биологичното разнообразие
- биоразнообразие (bioraznoobrazie)diversity of flora and fauna
- биологичното разнообразие (biologičnoto raznoobrazie)diversity of flora and fauna
Catalan biodiversitat
- biodiversitatdiversity of flora and fauna
Chinese Mandarin 生物多樣性 /生物多样性
- 生物多樣性 /生物多样性 (shēngwù duōyàngxìng)diversity of flora and fauna
Czech biodiverzita
- biodiverzitadiversity of flora and fauna
Dutch biodiversiteit, soortenrijkdom
- biodiversiteitdiversity of flora and fauna
- soortenrijkdomdiversity of flora and fauna
Esperanto biodiverseco
- biodiversecodiversity of flora and fauna
Finnish elonkirjo, biodiversiteetti
- elonkirjodiversity of flora and fauna
- biodiversiteettidiversity of flora and fauna
French biodiversité
- biodiversitédiversity of flora and fauna
German Biodiversität, Artenvielfalt
- Biodiversitätdiversity of flora and fauna
- Artenvielfaltdiversity of flora and fauna
- Sortenvielfaltdiversity of flora and fauna
- Artenreichtumdiversity of flora and fauna
- biologische Diversitätdiversity of flora and fauna
- biologische Vielfaltdiversity of flora and fauna
Greek βιοποικιλότητα
- βιοποικιλότητα (viopoikilótita)diversity of flora and fauna
Hindi जैव विविधता
- जैव विविधता (jaiv vividhtā)diversity of flora and fauna
Hungarian biodiverzitás
- biodiverzitásdiversity of flora and fauna
Icelandic líffræðileg fjölbreytni
- líffræðileg fjölbreytnidiversity of flora and fauna
Indonesian biodiversitas, keragaman hayati
- biodiversitasdiversity of flora and fauna
- keragaman hayatidiversity of flora and fauna
Irish bithéagsúlacht
- bithéagsúlachtdiversity of flora and fauna
Italian biodiversità
- biodiversitàdiversity of flora and fauna
Japanese 生物多様性
- 生物多様性 (seibutsu tayō-sei)diversity of flora and fauna
Korean 생물의 다양성
- 생물의 다양성 (saengmurui dayangseong)diversity of flora and fauna
Latin biodiversitas
- biodiversitasdiversity of flora and fauna
Malay biokepelbagaian, biodiversiti
- biokepelbagaiandiversity of flora and fauna
- biodiversitidiversity of flora and fauna
Norwegian Bokmål biodiversitet, biomangfold n biologisk mangfold
- biodiversitetdiversity of flora and fauna
- biomangfold n biologisk mangfolddiversity of flora and fauna
Persian تنوع زیستی
- تنوع زیستیdiversity of flora and fauna
Polish bioróżnorodność
- bioróżnorodnośćdiversity of flora and fauna
Portuguese biodiversidade
- biodiversidadediversity of flora and fauna
Romanian biodiversitate
- biodiversitatediversity of flora and fauna
Russian биоразнообра́зие
- биоразнообра́зие (bioraznoobrázije)diversity of flora and fauna
Scottish Gaelic bith-iomadachd
- bith-iomadachddiversity of flora and fauna
Slovak biodiverzita
- biodiverzitadiversity of flora and fauna
Spanish biodiversidad
- biodiversidaddiversity of flora and fauna
Swedish biodiversitet, biologisk mångfald
- biodiversitetdiversity of flora and fauna
- biologisk mångfalddiversity of flora and fauna
Tagalog saribuhay
- saribuhaydiversity of flora and fauna
Tamil பல்லுயிர்
- பல்லுயிர் (palluyir)diversity of flora and fauna
Thai ความหลากหลายทางชีวภาพ
- ความหลากหลายทางชีวภาพ (kwaam-làak-lǎai-taang-chii-wá-pâap)diversity of flora and fauna
Ukrainian біорізномані́ття, біорізномані́тність
- біорізномані́ття (bioriznomaníttja)diversity of flora and fauna
- біорізномані́тність (bioriznomanítnistʹ)diversity of flora and fauna
Vietnamese đa dạng sinh học
- đa dạng sinh họcdiversity of flora and fauna
Welsh bioamrywiaeth
- bioamrywiaethdiversity of flora and fauna
Cite this entry
APA
biodiversity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiversity
MLA
“biodiversity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiversity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biodiversity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiversity.
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