beast of burden

English

a beast of burden and its master

Noun

beast of burden (plural beasts of burden)

1. A draught animal that carries or pulls heavy loads, such as a donkey, mule, or ox.
2. (by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.

Related terms

• beast
• burden

Translations

animal that carries or pulls heavy loads

• Armenian: գրաստ (hy) (grast) 
• Catalan: bèstia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馱畜 (cmn), 驮畜 (cmn) (tuóchù)

• Czech: soumar (cs) m
• Dutch: lastdier (nl) n
• Finnish: juhta (fi), kantojuhta (fi), kuormajuhta (fi)
• French: bête de somme (fr) f, animal de trait (fr) m
• German: Saumtier (de) n, Lasttier (de) n, Lastkamel (de) n, Saumkamel (de) n, Packesel (de) m, Tragtier (de) n
• Italian: giumento (it) m
• Japanese: 駄獣 (ja) (だじゅう, dajū), 駄載獣 (ja) (ださいじゅう, dasaijū)

• Macedonian: товарно животно (mk) (tóvarno žívotno) n
• Norwegian: trekkdyr (no) n, kløvdyr (no) n
• Persian: چهارپا (fa)
• Polish: zwierzę juczne (pl) n
• Portuguese: burro de carga (pt) m
• Russian: вьючное животное (ru) (vʹjúčnoje živótnoje) n 
• Spanish: bestia de carga (es) f, animal de carga (es) m
• Swedish: lastdjur (sv) n
• Ukrainian: в'ючна тварина (uk) (vʺjúčna tvarýna) f 
• Volapük: (generic) lodotanim (vo), (ass) lodotacuk (vo), (mule) lodotamulud (vo), (hinny) lodotahinud (vo), (horse) lodotajevod (vo), (bovine) lodotabub (vo), (ox) lodotahobub (vo)
• Welsh: anifail pwn (cy)

domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans

• Arabic: بهيمة (ar) (bahiima) f

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Translations to be checked

• German: Lasttier (de) n

External links

• Beast of burden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia