endangered
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English
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/
- (General American ) IPA (key): /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/
- (Australia ) IPA (key): /ɪnˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/
- (New Zealand ) IPA (key): /ənˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/
Adjective
[edit ]endangered (comparative more endangered, superlative most endangered)
- in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
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- I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden [...]
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]in danger, at risk
- Bulgarian: застрашен (bg) (zastrašen)
- Catalan: en perill
- Chinese:
- Czech: ohrožený (cs)
- Dutch: bedreigd (nl)
- Finnish: uhanalainen (fi) , erittäin uhanalainen (IUCN 3.1)
- French: en danger
- German: gefährdet (de)
- Hebrew: בסיכון (besicun)
- Hungarian: veszélyeztetett (hu)
- Indonesian: terancam punah , genting
- Italian: a rischio
- Japanese: 危機 に 瀕する (ききにひんする,kiki ni hinsuru), 消滅 危機 の ある (ぜつめつききのある,zetsumetsu kiki no aru)
- Malay: terancam (ms)
- Māori: tata korehāhā
- Polish: zagrożony (pl)
- Portuguese: em risco
- Russian: угрожа́емый (ru) (ugrožájemyj), вымира́ющий (ru) (vymirájuščij) (dying out), исчеза́ющий (ru) (isčezájuščij) (vanishing)
- Spanish: en peligro , peligrante , peligrando (es) (gerund), periclitante (disused), periclitando (es) (gerund, disused), apeligrado (es)
- Telugu: ముప్పు పొంచి ఉన్న (te) (muppu poñci unna), ప్రమాదంలో ఉన్న (te) (pramādaṁlō unna), అంతరిస్తున్న (te) (antaristunna), అంతరించిపోతున్న (te) (antariñcipōtunna)
- Turkish: nesli tehlikede
- Ukrainian: під загрозою зникнення (pid zahrozoju znyknennja), під загрозою вимирання (pid zahrozoju vymyrannja), зникаючий (znykajučyj)
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
- Zulu: ebungozini
Verb
[edit ]endangered
- simple past and past participle of endanger