Meanings
alternative endemick
- especiallynot comparablePeculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
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[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]
1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4Synonyms: indigenous, precinctive
- especiallynot comparablePrevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
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1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments” These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.
In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.
2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, “Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail”, in The Sydney Morning Herald;
plural endemics · alternative endemick
- A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNative to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
adjectivePeculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
antonym(s) of “native to a particular area”
antonym(s) of “localized”
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
adjectivenative to or confined to a certain region
adjectiveoriginating where it is found
nouna disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₂mos
- Proto-Hellenic*dā́mos
- Ancient Greekδῆμος (dêmos)
- Englishendemic
From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic.
More words from Ancient Greek, French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُتَوَطِّن, مُتَوَطِّن
- مُتَوَطِّن (mutawaṭṭin)native to a particular area
- مُتَوَطِّن (mutawaṭṭin)peculiar to a particular area
Brazilian Portuguese endêmico, endêmico
- endêmiconative to a particular area
- endêmicopeculiar to a particular area
- endêmicoprevalent in a particular area
Catalan endèmic, endèmic
- endèmicnative to a particular area
- endèmicpeculiar to a particular area
- endèmicprevalent in a particular area
- endèmiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Chinese Mandarin 地方特有的, 地方性流行
- 地方特有的native to a particular area
- 地方性流行peculiar to a particular area
- 地方特有的peculiar to a particular area
- 地方特有的prevalent in a particular area
- 地方特有种 (dìfāngtèyǒuzhǒng)individual or species that is endemic
- 地方病 (dìfāngbìng)disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
- 风土病 (fēngtǔbìng)disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Czech endemický, endemie
- endemickýprevalent in a particular area
- endemiedisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Danish endemisk
- endemisknative to a particular area
Dutch inheems, endemisch
- inheemsnative to a particular area
- endemischnative to a particular area
- endemischpeculiar to a particular area
- endemischprevalent in a particular area
- inheemse soortindividual or species that is endemic
- inboorlingindividual or species that is endemic
European Portuguese endémico, endémico
- endémiconative to a particular area
- endémicopeculiar to a particular area
- endémicoprevalent in a particular area
Finnish kotoperäinen, endeeminen
- kotoperäinennative to a particular area
- endeeminennative to a particular area
- endeeminenpeculiar to a particular area
- kotoperäinenprevalent in a particular area
- endeeminenprevalent in a particular area
- kotoperäinen lajiindividual or species that is endemic
- endemiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
French indigène, endémique
- indigènenative to a particular area
- endémiquenative to a particular area
- endémiquepeculiar to a particular area
- endémiqueprevalent in a particular area
- endémiedisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
German endemisch, endemisch
- endemischnative to a particular area
- endemischpeculiar to a particular area
- endemischprevalent in a particular area
- Endemitindividual or species that is endemic
- Endemiedisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Greek ενδημικός, ενδημικός
- ενδημικός (endimikós)native to a particular area
- ενδημικός (endimikós)peculiar to a particular area
- ενδημικός (endimikós)prevalent in a particular area
Hungarian honos, őshonos
- honosnative to a particular area
- őshonosnative to a particular area
- bennszülöttpeculiar to a particular area
- helyipeculiar to a particular area
- endemikuspeculiar to a particular area
- bennszülöttindividual or species that is endemic
- endémiás járvány/betegségdisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
- endémiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Italian endemico, endemico
- endemiconative to a particular area
- endemicopeculiar to a particular area
- endemicoprevalent in a particular area
- endemiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Japanese 風土病
- 風土病 (fudobyō)disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Māori taketake, taketake
- taketakenative to a particular area
- taketakepeculiar to a particular area
Norwegian Bokmål endemisk, endemisk
- endemisknative to a particular area
- endemiskprevalent in a particular area
Polish endemiczny, endemiczny
- endemicznynative to a particular area
- endemicznypeculiar to a particular area
- endemicznyprevalent in a particular area
- endemitindividual or species that is endemic
Portuguese endemia
- endemiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Romanian endemic, endemic
- endemicnative to a particular area
- endemicpeculiar to a particular area
- endemicprevalent in a particular area
- endemitindividual or species that is endemic
- endemiedisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Russian эндеми́ческий, энде́мик
- эндеми́ческий (endemíčeskij)native to a particular area
- энде́мик (endémik)individual or species that is endemic
Slovak endemit
- endemitindividual or species that is endemic
Spanish endémico, endémico
- endémiconative to a particular area
- endémicopeculiar to a particular area
- endémicoprevalent in a particular area
- endémismoindividual or species that is endemic
- endemiadisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Swedish endemisk, endemi
- endemiskprevalent in a particular area
- endemidisease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities
Turkish endemik
- endemikprevalent in a particular area
Ukrainian енде́мік
- енде́мік (endémik)individual or species that is endemic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with endemic
Cite this entry
endemic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endemic
“endemic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endemic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endemic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endemic.
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