endemic

endémique

Qui est régulièrement présent et répandu parmi les habitants d’un lieu précis.

En anglais simple : Regularly present and widespread among people in a particular place.

• Corruption is endemic in the government.
• The disease remains endemic in several countries.
• They are tackling poverty that has become endemic in the region.

Comment l'utiliser : endemic in somewhere (Malaria is endemic in parts of the country.); endemic to somewhere (The disease is endemic to this region.)

Synonymes : widespread, persistent

Expressions courantes : endemic disease, endemic corruption, endemic in somewhere

endémique

Qui existe naturellement dans un seul endroit précis.

En anglais simple : Naturally found in only one particular place.

• This frog is endemic to the island.
• The forest contains several endemic plants.
• Scientists discovered a fish endemic to that lake.

Comment l'utiliser : endemic to somewhere (This bird is endemic to the island.)

Synonymes : indigenous, precinctive

Expressions courantes : endemic species, endemic plants, endemic to somewhere

autochtone, indigène

Qui est né naturellement dans un lieu ou une culture en particulier.

En anglais simple : Originating naturally in a particular place or culture.

• The museum studies the region's endemic traditions.
• These beliefs are endemic to the local culture.
• Researchers compared endemic religions with those introduced from elsewhere.

Comment l'utiliser : endemic to somewhere (These customs are endemic to the region.)

Synonymes : native, indigenous

Contraires : foreign, introduced

Expressions courantes : endemic traditions, endemic culture, endemic to somewhere