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endemic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US, uncommon)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English endemic 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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
    • The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
  2. (especially, not-comparable, of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
    • […] 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 4:
    • Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
  3. (especially, not-comparable, of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
    • Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
    • 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;:

Forms

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endemick alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

alien (antonym(s) of “native to a particular area”) · systemic (antonym(s) of “localized”) · introduced (antonym(s) of “native to a particular area”)

Coordinates

epiphytotic · panzootic · enzootic · epidemic · epizootic · pandemic · panphytotic · enphytotic

Deriveds

endemicity · microendemic · hyperendemic · paleoendemic · nonendemic · tripledemic · palaeoendemic · neoendemic · near-endemic · synendemic · holoendemic · endemically · stenoendemic · hypoendemic · coendemic · subendemic · endemical · mesoendemic · Balkan endemic nephropathy

Relateds

pandemic · ecdemic · endemism · epidemic

Synonyms

native (native to a particular area) · precinctive (peculiar to a particular area) · indigenous (peculiar to a particular area)

Translations (67)

pt endêmico (native to a particular area) · ro endemic (prevalent in a particular area) · nl endemisch (peculiar to a particular area) · es endémico (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (native to a particular area) · csb endemiczny (native to a particular area) · mi taketake (peculiar to a particular area) · de endemisch (prevalent in a particular area) · nl inheems (native to a particular area) · pt endémico (prevalent in a particular area) · tr endemik (prevalent in a particular area) · fi kotoperäinen (prevalent in a particular area) · ka ენდემური (native to a particular area) · mi taketake (native to a particular area) · ca endèmic (peculiar to a particular area) · fi kotoperäinen (native to a particular area) · nb endemisk (native to a particular area) · nn endemisk (native to a particular area) · ro endemic (native to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (peculiar to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (prevalent in a particular area) · hu helyi (peculiar to a particular area) · pt endémico (peculiar to a particular area) · hu honos (native to a particular area) · da endemisk (native to a particular area) · es endémico (native to a particular area) · hu endemikus (peculiar to a particular area) · ar مُتَوَطِّن (peculiar to a particular area) · gl endémico (native to a particular area) · ru эндеми́ческий (native to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (native to a particular area) · fi endeeminen (native to a particular area) · fi endeeminen (peculiar to a particular area) · ka ენდემური (peculiar to a particular area) · fr endémique (native to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (prevalent in a particular area) · de endemisch (peculiar to a particular area) · nl endemisch (prevalent in a particular area) · hu bennszülött (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (prevalent in a particular area) · pt endêmico (peculiar to a particular area) · ar مُتَوَطِّن (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方特有的 (peculiar to a particular area) · el ενδημικός (peculiar to a particular area) · it endemico (peculiar to a particular area) · nb endemisk (prevalent in a particular area) · hu őshonos (native to a particular area) · pt endémico (native to a particular area) · pt endêmico (prevalent in a particular area) · fr endémique (peculiar to a particular area) · nl endemisch (native to a particular area) · cs endemický (prevalent in a particular area) · de endemisch (native to a particular area) · es endémico (prevalent in a particular area) · ca endèmic (native to a particular area) · pl endemiczny (prevalent in a particular area) · nn endemisk (prevalent in a particular area) · fi endeeminen (prevalent in a particular area) · fr indigène (native to a particular area) · cmn 地方性流行 (peculiar to a particular area) · fr endémique (prevalent in a particular area) · ro endemic (peculiar to a particular area) · ca endèmic (prevalent in a particular area) · mt endemiċi (native to a particular area) · sv endemisk (prevalent in a particular area)

endemic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US, uncommon)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English endemic 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.

Meanings

  1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
    • The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world. 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 34:
  2. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
endemick alternative lexicographic
endemics Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pandemic · epiphytotic · epidemic · enzootic · epizootic · enphytotic · panzootic

Translations (31)

nl inboorling (individual or species that is endemic) · es endémismo (individual or species that is endemic) · cmn 地方特有种 (individual or species that is endemic) · ru энде́мик (individual or species that is endemic) · nl inheemse soort (individual or species that is endemic) · fi kotoperäinen laji (individual or species that is endemic) · tpi sik bilong ples (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · cmn 风土病 (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · kk індет (individual or species that is endemic) · de Endemit (individual or species that is endemic) · es endemia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · gl endemia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · cmn 地方病 (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · uk енде́мік (individual or species that is endemic) · it endemia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · hu bennszülött (individual or species that is endemic) · pl endemit (individual or species that is endemic) · hu endémiás járvány/betegség (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · ja 風土病 (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · fr endémie (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · hy տեղաճարակ (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · ca endèmia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · ro endemit (individual or species that is endemic) · sk endemit (individual or species that is endemic) · cs endemie (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · pt endemia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · sv endemi (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · de Endemie (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · fi endemia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · ro endemie (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities) · hu endémia (disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities)