It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Source: tatoeba (2295)
Species
//ˈspiːʃiːz//
Synonyms for "species" (104 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesRelated terms
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
derived
77 entriesShowing 16 of 77 words.
has a
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
7 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
161 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- diersoort noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- plantsoort noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- soort noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- spesie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Albanian
4 entries- lloj noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- lloj noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- specie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- specie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Arabic
2 entries- نَوْع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- نَوْع noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Armenian
2 entries- տեսակ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- տեսակ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- növ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Bashkir
1 entries- төр noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Basque
2 entries- espezie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- espezie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Belarusian
2 entries- від noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- від noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রজাতি noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Breton
1 entries- spesad noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вид noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- вид noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Burmese
2 entries- မျိုးစိတ် noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- မျိုးစိတ် noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- вид noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Catalan
4 entries- espècie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- espècie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- espècie noun (mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula)
- espècie noun (the image of an object)
Chinese
1 entries- 種 /种 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 種 /种 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 物種 /物种 noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- 種 /种 noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- 種 /种 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Czech
2 entries- druh noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- druh noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Danish
3 entries- art noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- art noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- hostie noun (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism)
Dari
2 entries- نَوع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- گُونَه noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Dutch
3 entries- soort noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- soort noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- species noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Estonian
1 entries- liik noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Finnish
4 entries- heijastus noun (the image of an object)
- kivilaji noun (mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula)
- laji noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- laji noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
French
1 entries- espèce noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Galician
2 entries- especie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- especie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Georgian
1 entries- სახეობა noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
German
4 entries- Art noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- Art noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- Species noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- Spezies noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Greek
1 entries- είδος noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִין noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Hindi
1 entries- जाति noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Hungarian
2 entries- faj noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- faj noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Icelandic
2 entries- tegund noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- tegund noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Ido
1 entries- speco noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Indonesian
1 entries- spesies noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- نُوع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- گونِه noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- گونِه noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Irish
2 entries- aicíd noun (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism)
- speiceas noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Italian
2 entries- specie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- specie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Japanese
4 entries- 種 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- 種類 noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- 種類 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- 類 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Kazakh
1 entries- түр noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Khmer
2 entries- ប្រភេទ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- ប្រភេទ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Korean
4 entries- 종 noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- 종 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- 종류 noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- 종류 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түр noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Lao
3 entries- ພັນ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- ສະປີຊີ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- ເຍືີ່ອງ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Latin
1 entries- speciēs noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Latvian
1 entries- suga noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- rūšis noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Macedonian
2 entries- вид noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- вид noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Malay
3 entries- jenis noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- spesies noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- spesies noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Maltese
1 entries- speċi noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Mongolian
1 entries- зүйл noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- cor noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- cor noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- cure noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- art noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- art noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- art noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- art noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Occitan
1 entries- espècia noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- نوع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- نوع noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Pashto
1 entries- نوع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Polish
2 entries- gatunek noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- gatunek noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Portuguese
2 entries- espécie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- espécie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Romanian
2 entries- specie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- specie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Russian
2 entries- вид noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- вид noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- gnè noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- gnè noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- seòrsa noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- seòrsa noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- vŕsta noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- вр́ста noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Slovak
3 entries- druh noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- druh noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- hostia noun (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism)
Slovene
2 entries- vrsta noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- vrsta noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Spanish
2 entries- especie noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- especie noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Swahili
2 entries- aina noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- spishi noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Swedish
2 entries- art noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- art noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Tagalog
4 entries- espesye noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- espesye noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- sari noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- sarihay noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Tajik
2 entries- гуна noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- навъ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Tatar
1 entries- төр noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Thai
4 entries- ชนิด noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- ชนิด noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
- พันธุ์ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- สปีชีส์ noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Turkish
2 entries- tür noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- tür noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Turkmen
1 entries- görnüş noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вид noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- вид noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Urdu
1 entries- نَوع noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Uyghur
1 entries- تۈر noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Uzbek
1 entries- tur noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Vietnamese
1 entries- loài noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Volapük
1 entries- sot noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Welsh
2 entries- rhywogaeth noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
- rhywogaeth noun (rank in a taxonomic classification)
Yiddish
1 entries- מין noun (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Environmental changes gave rise to new species.
Source: tatoeba (21022)
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
Source: tatoeba (26666)
The lion and the tiger are two different species of cat.
Source: tatoeba (29852)
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