food chain

See also: foodchain

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Noun

food chain (plural food chains)

The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
(idiomatic) A hierarchy.
With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.

Usage notes

Because the concept of the food chain implies a feeding hierarchy proceeding upwards to a top predator, modern ecologists usually prefer the term food web, since that term allows for a more complicated system of interactions.

Related terms

Translations

feeding relationship between species

Afrikaans: voedselketting
Azerbaijani: qida zənciri
Basque: kate trofiko
Belarusian: ланцуг харчавання m (lancuh xarčavannja), харчовы ланцуг m (xarčóvy lancuh)
Bulgarian: хранителна верига f (hranitelna veriga)
Catalan: cadena tròfica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食物鏈／食物链 (zh) (shíwùliàn), 營養鏈／营养链 (zh) (yíngyǎngliàn)
Czech: potravní řetězec m
Danish: fødekæde (da) c
Dutch: voedselketen (nl) f
Esperanto: nutroĉeno
Estonian: toitumisahel
Finnish: ravintoketju (fi)
French: chaîne alimentaire (fr) f
Galician: cadea alimenticia f, cadea trófica f
German: Nahrungskette (de) f
Greek: τροφική αλυσίδα f (trofikí alysída)
Hebrew: שרשרת מזון (he) f (sharsheret mazon)
Hungarian: tápláléklánc (hu)
Icelandic: fæðukeðja (is) f
Ido: nutriva kateno
Indonesian: rantai makanan (id)
Irish: slabhra bia m, biashlabhra m
Italian: catena alimentare f
Japanese: 食物連鎖 (ja) (しょくもつれんさ, shokumotsu rensa)
Korean: 먹이 사슬 (meogi saseul)
Latvian: barības ķēde f
Lithuanian: mitybos grandinė f
Macedonian: синџир на исхрана m (sindžir na ishrana), ланец на исхрана m (lanec na ishrana)
Marathi: अन्नसाखळी (mr) f (annasākhḷī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: næringskjede c

Nynorsk: næringskjede f
Polish: łańcuch pokarmowy (pl) m
Portuguese: cadeia alimentar (pt) f, cadeia trófica f
Punjabi: ਖੁਰਾਕ ਲੜੀ f (khurāk laṛī)
Romanian: lanț trofic m
Romansh: chadaina da nutriment f
Russian: пищева́я цепь f (piščevája cepʹ), трофи́ческая цепь f (trofíčeskaja cepʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sreath-bìdh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ланац исхране m

Roman: lanac ishrane m
Slovak: potravinový reťazec m
Slovene: prehranjevalna veriga f
Spanish: cadena alimentaria (es) f, cadena trófica f
Swahili: mzunguko wa chakula
Swedish: näringskedja (sv)
Thai: ห่วงโซ่อาหาร (th) (hùuang-sôo-aa-hǎan)
Turkish: besin zinciri (tr)
Ukrainian: харчовий ланцюжок m (xarčovyj lancjužok), харчовий ланцюг m (xarčovyj lancjuh)
Vietnamese: chuỗi thức ăn (vi)
Welsh: cadwyn fwyd f

idiomatic: a hierarchy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食物鏈／食物链 (zh) (shíwùliàn), 等級制度／等级制度 (zh) (děngjí zhìdù), 階層／阶层 (zh) (jiēcéng), 层次 (zh) (céngcì)
Danish: fødekæde (da) c, hakkeorden c (lit. "pecking order", referring to chickens)
Dutch: pikorde (nl) f
Finnish: ravintoketju (fi)
Hungarian: tápláléklánc (hu)
Japanese: 食物連鎖 (ja) (shokumotsu-rensa)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: cadeia alimentar (pt) f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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