eläin — meaning in English

English meaning

animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
thing noun Any object, item, or entity that isn't named more specifically.

eläin is used for these senses in English:

animal Of or relating to animals.
animal Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal (science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
brute (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
thing A living being or creature.

noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.