Meanings
nounwild animal (plural wild animals)
plural wild animals · alternative archaic wild-animal
- Any (nonhuman) animal living in a natural, undomesticated state.
Visitors must not feed the wild animals, for the health and safety of both the animals and the visitors.
- figurativelyA person exhibiting uncontrolled and risky, possibly aggressive, behaviour.
We've got some wild animals up in here tonight!
Translations
Arabic حَيَوَان بَرِّيّ, حَيَوَان وَحْشِيّ
- حَيَوَان بَرِّيّ (ḥayawān barriyy)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- حَيَوَان وَحْشِيّ (ḥayawān waḥšiyy)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Bulgarian ди́во живо́тно
- ди́во живо́тно (dívo živótno)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Catalan fera, bèstia
- feraanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- bèstiaanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Chinese Mandarin 野獸 /野兽, 野生動物 /野生动物
- 野獸 /野兽 (yěshòu)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- 野生動物 /野生动物 (yěshēng dòngwù)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Czech divoké zvíře
- divoké zvířeanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Danish vilddyr
- vilddyranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Dutch wild dier
- wild dieranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Finnish villieläin
- villieläinanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
French animal sauvage
- animal sauvageanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
German wildes Tier, Wildtier
- wildes Tieranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- Wildtieranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Greek αγρίμι
- αγρίμι (agrími)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Hebrew חַיַּת בַּר
- חַיַּת בַּר (khayyát bar)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Hindi वन्यजीव
- वन्यजीव (vanyajīv)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Hungarian vadállat, vad
- vadállatanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- vadanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Icelandic villidýr
- villidýranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Indonesian binatang liar, margasatwa
- binatang liaranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- margasatwaanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Irish beithíoch allta
- beithíoch alltaanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Italian animale selvatico
- animale selvaticoanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Japanese 野生動物
- 野生動物 (yaseidōbutsu)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Korean 야생 동물
- 야생 동물 (yasaeng dongmul)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Latin bēstia, fera
- bēstiaanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- feraanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Norwegian Bokmål villdyr
- villdyranimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Polish dzikie zwierzę
- dzikie zwierzęanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Portuguese fera
- feraanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Romanian animal sălbatic
- animal sălbaticanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Russian ди́кое живо́тное
- ди́кое живо́тное (díkoje živótnoje)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Spanish fiera, animal salvaje
- fieraanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- animal salvajeanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- animal silvestreanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
- tecuánanimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Swahili mnyamapori
- mnyamaporianimal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Tamil காட்டுவிலங்கு
- காட்டுவிலங்கு (kāṭṭuvilaṅku)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Thai สัตว์ป่า
- สัตว์ป่า (sàt-bpàa)animal living in a natural, undomesticated state
Cite this entry
APA
wild animal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20animal
MLA
“wild animal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20animal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wild animal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20animal.
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