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endémique — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • endemic adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.
  • native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
  • spontaneous adj Happening or done without planning, on impulse.

Senses

endémique is used for these senses in English:

  • endemic (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
  • native (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
  • spontaneous Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.

endemic — full definition

  1. adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.
  2. adj Regularly occurring within a particular community or region, such as a disease that never fully disappears.

native — full definition

  1. noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
  2. adj Belonging to a place by birth or original origin, rather than having moved there or been introduced.
  3. adj Present or built into something from the start, rather than added on later — often used of skills or abilities.

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