bioma

See also: bíoma

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [biˈo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [biˈo.ma]

Noun

bioma m (plural biomes)

1. biome

Further reading

• “bioma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bioma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bioma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English biome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbio̯ma]
• Hyphenation: bio‧ma

Noun

bioma (plural bioma-bioma)

1. (ecology) biome: any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert; all the genomes of such a community.

Alternative forms

• biom (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “bioma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -oma.

Noun

bioma m (plural biomi)

1. (ecology) biome

Further reading

• bioma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ambio, ambiò

Portuguese

Biomas brasileiros ― Brazilian biomes (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from French biome.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.mɐ/ [bɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈõ.mɐ/ [bɪˈõ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈo.ma/ [bɪˈo.ma], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjo.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈo.mɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjo.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧ma

Noun

bioma m (plural biomas)

1. biome (major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert)
3. (Brazil) one of the seven Brazilian biogeographic provincess defined by IBGE

   Hyponyms: Amazônia, caatinga, cerrado, Mata Atlântica, pampa, Pantanal

Further reading

• “bioma”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bioma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bioma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “bioma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Noun

bioma m (plural biomas)

1. (biology) biome

Derived terms

• microbioma

Further reading

• “bioma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10