bovine

English

WOTD – 9 May 2008

Etymology

Borrowed fromLate Latinbovīnus(“relating to cattle”),fromLatinbōs(“ox”).Cognate tobeef.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
• (US)enPR:bōʹvīn', bōʹvēn', bōʹvĭn;IPA^(key):/ˈboʊˌvaɪn/,/ˈboʊˌvin/,/ˈboʊ.vɪn/

  • Audio(US):

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• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:(UK)-əʊvaɪn,(US)-oʊvaɪn

Adjective

bovine(comparativemorebovine,superlativemostbovine)

1. (not comparable)Of or pertaining tocattle.

   Synonyms:neatish,(archaic)vaccine

2. (not comparable)Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera includingcows,buffalo,andbison.
3. Sluggish,dull,slow-witted.
   • 1988,Douglas Adams,The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul,William Heinemann Ltd, page48:

     They had been selected and arranged with a dull,bovineindifference to any meaning that any of them might have.

   • 2018August 16,Marina Hyde,“Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, inThe Guardian‎^[1]:

     For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts sobovinethat I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.

Derived terms

• acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
• antibovine
• bibovine
• bovine acetonaemia,bovine acetonemia
• bovine achondroplasia
• bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
• bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
• Bovine Alpha herpesvirus 1
• Bovine Alpha herpesvirus 2
• Bovine Alpha herpesvirus 5
• bovine antitoxin
• Bovine atadenovirus D
• bovine babesiosis
• bovine bingo
• bovine borreliosis
• bovine brucellosis
• bovine cancer eye
• bovine cartilage
• bovine colloid
• bovine colostrum
• bovine congenital ataxia
• Bovine coronavirus
• Bovine cyclovirus
• bovine diarrhea virus,bovine diarrhoea virus
• bovine encephalitis,bovine encephalomyelitis
• bovine enterovirus(Enterovirus E)
• bovine ephemeral fever
• bovine epizootic fever
• bovine face
• bovine farcy
• Bovine fever ephemerovirus
• Bovine foamy virus
• bovine foot rot
• Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4
• Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6
• bovine genital campylobacteriosis
• bovine genital vibriosis
• bovine genome
• bovine growth hormone
• bovine haemoglobinuria,bovine hemoglobinuria
• bovine heart
• bovine herpes mammillitis
• bovine herpes virus 1,Bovine herpesvirus 1
• bovine herpes virus 5,Bovine herpesvirus 5
• Bovine immunodeficiency virus
• bovine immunoglobulin
• bovine immunoglobulin concentrate
• bovine infectious petechial fever
• bovine ketosis
• bovine lentivirus
• bovine leprosy
• bovine leptospirosis
• bovine leukaemia,bovine leukemia
• Bovine leukemia virus
• bovine leukosis
• bovinely
• bovine lymphomatosis
• bovine malignant catarrh
• bovine malignant catarrhal fever
• bovine malignant lymphoma
• Bovine mastadenovirus A
• Bovine mastadenovirus B
• Bovine mastadenovirus C
• bovine mastitis
• bovine mitochondrial endonuclease
• bovine myelin
• bovineness
• bovine nocardiosis
• bovine papillomatosis
• bovine papilloma virus,bovine papillomavirus
• bovine papular stomatitis
• Bovine papular stomatitis virus
• Bovine parainfluenza virus 3
• Bovine parvovirus
• bovine petechial fever
• bovine porphyria
• bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy
• Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
• Bovine rhinitis A virus
• Bovine rhinitis B virus
• bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine
• bovine rhinovirus
• bovine scatology
• bovine serum albumin
• bovine somatotrophin
• bovine spongiform encephalitis
• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis
• bovine theileriasis
• Bovine torovirus
• bovine trichomoniasis
• bovine trypanosomiasis
• bovine tuberculosis
• bovine ulcerative mammillitis
• bovine vaccinia mammillitis
• bovine viral diarrhea,bovine viral diarrhoea,bovine virus diarrhea,bovine virus diarrhoea
• Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1,Bovine viral diarrhea virus 2
• bovinity
• bovinized
• contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
• contagious bovine pyelonephritis
• enzootic bovine haematuria,enzootic bovine hematuria
• epidemic bovine abortion
• epizootic bovine abortion
• fetal bovine serum,foetal bovine serum
• infectious bovine keratitis
• infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
• infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
• nonbovine
• ovibovine
• sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
• sporadic bovine leukosis

Related terms

• beef
• Bos
• Boselaphini
• Boselaphus
• bovate
• bovicide
• boviculture
• bovid
• Bovidae
• boviform
• Bovinae
• Bovini
• Bovinus spiritualis(hodag)
• Bovril

Translations

of, relating to or resembling cattle

• Belarusian:каравя́чы(karavjáčy),каро́він(karóvin)(of cows),бычы́ны(byčýny)
• Bulgarian:во́лски(vólski)
• Catalan:boví(ca)
• Cornish:bewin,lonnek
• Czech:hovězí(cs)
• Dutch:runds(nl)
• Esperanto:bova
• Finnish:nautamainen(fi),nauta-(fi)
• French:bovin(fr)
• German:Rinder-(de)
• Hindi:गोजातीय(gojātīya),पशुवत(paśuvat),गोरूप(hi)(gorūp)
• Ingrian:lehmäin
• Italian:bovino(it)
• Latin:bovīnus(la)
• Malay:lembu(ms),kelembuan,bovin
• Marathi:गोजातीय(gojātīy),गोकुलीय(gokulīy)
• Polish:bydlęcy(pl)
• Portuguese:bovino(pt)
• Romanian:vițel(ro)
• Russian:коро́вий(ru)(koróvij)(of cows),бы́чий(ru)(býčij)(of bulls),быча́чий(ru)(byčáčij)
• Serbo-Croatian:goveđi(sh)
• Slovak:hovädzí
• Slovene:goveji
• Spanish:bovino(es),vacuno(es)
• Ukrainian:коро́в'ячий(koróvʺjačyj)(of cows),бича́чий(uk)(byčáčyj)(of bulls)
• Welsh:buchol(cy)

sluggish, dull, slow-witted

• Bulgarian:тъп(bg)(tǎp),му́ден(bg)(múden)
• Finnish:nautamainen
• Hindi:मन्दबुद्धि(hi)(mandabuddhi)
• Polish:gamoniowaty
• Russian:тупо́й(ru)(tupój)(slow-witted)

Noun

bovine(pluralbovines)

1. An animal of thefamily,subfamily,tribe,orgeneraincludingcattle,buffaloesandbison.

Translations

animal like cattle, buffalo, bison

• Catalan:boví(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Ngưu(zh)(niú)

• Czech:tur(cs)m
• Dutch:rund(nl)
• Finnish:nauta(fi)(subfamily, tribe, genus);nautaeläin(fi)(family)
• French:bovin(fr)m
• Hindi:गोरू(hi)m(gorū)
• Italian:bovino(it)m
• Mongolian:үхэр(mn)(üxer)
• Ottoman Turkish:صیغیر(sığır)
• Romanian:bovină(ro)f
• Spanish:bovino(es)m
• Tok Pisin:bulmakau
• Welsh:buchol(cy)m

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɔ.vin/

• Audio(Paris):

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Adjective

bovine

1. femininesingularofbovin

Italian

Adjective

bovine

1. femininepluralofbovino

Anagrams

• bevoni

Latin

Adjective

bovīne

1. vocativemasculinesingularofbovīnus