🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

censo de animales

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈsen.so de aniˈma.les

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Animal census/ˈæn.ɪ.məl ˈsɛn.səs/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El censo de animales silvestres se realiza cada cinco años en el parque nacional."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An official count or survey of the population of animals within a specific region or ecosystem.

    "The government launched a nationwide animal census to monitor endangered tiger populations."
  2. 2

    A systematic recording and demographic study of domestic or livestock populations.

    "The agricultural department conducts an annual animal census of livestock farms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'animal', derived from the Latin 'animalis' meaning 'having breath' or 'living being', and 'census', originating from the ancient Roman practice of 'censere', meaning 'to assess' or 'to estimate'. It emerged in modern conservation biology and ecological management to describe systematic population counts of wildlife.

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🇫🇷French → English

recensement des animaux

Transliteration: ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃ de.z‿a.ni.mal

"Le recensement des animaux dans la réserve naturelle a révélé une hausse des naissances."

🇩🇪German → English

Tierzählung

Transliteration: ˈtiːɐ̯ˌtsɔɪlʊŋ

"Die jährliche Tierzählung hilft Biologen, den Bestand gefährdeter Arten zu schützen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

censimento degli animali

Transliteration: tʃen.ziˈmɛn.to deʎ.ʎi a.niˈma.li

"Il censimento degli animali è fondamentale per la conservazione della fauna selvatica."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

censo de animales

Transliteration: ˈsen.so de aniˈma.les

"El censo de animales silvestres se realiza cada cinco años en el parque nacional."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

censo animal

Transliteration: ˈsẽ.su ɐ.niˈmaw

"O censo animal indicou um crescimento na população de onças-pintadas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पशु गणना

Transliteration: pashu ganana

"जंगल में शेखों की सही संख्या जानने के लिए पशु गणना की गई।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

动物普查

Transliteration: dòng wù pǔ chá

"科学家们正在进行野生动物普查以评估生态系统的健康状况。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

동물 조사

Transliteration: dongmul josa

"정부는 생태계 보호를 위해 전국적인 동물 조사를 실시했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

動物調査

Transliteration: dōbutsu chōsa

"野生生物の保護管理のために定期的な動物調査が行われます。"

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