creature

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
2. An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
3. (derogatory, sometimes) A human.
4. (uncommon) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
5. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

Concepten

schepsel

wezen

creatuur

beest

schepping

dier

🐾

levend wezen

werktuig

fauna

organismen

Synoniemen

being

animal

🐾

living being

beast

living thing

organism

thing

creation

brute

minion

wight

human

animate being

fauna

man

👨

puppet

human being

mortal

tool

myrmidon

bird

🐦

living things

soul

mammal

manufacture

mass

mite

monster

object

person

🧑‍🦱

plant

🌱

poison

poor

potion

product

progeny

public

substance

succor

support

tellurian

underling

vertebrate

wild animal

zooid

all creation

something created

conveniency

biology

imaginary being

Vertalingen

créature

creatura

criatura

Geschöpf

criatura

πλάσμα

Kreatur

être

yaratık

Wesen

δημιούργημα

essere

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɹiːt͡ʃə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: creature

In summary

From Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin creātūra, from creō. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.