bucolic

WOTD – 24 May 2007    

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: byo͞okŏʹlĭk, IPA: /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/, X-SAMPA: /bju"kQlIk/
• (US) enPR: byo͞okäʹlĭk, IPA: /bjuˈkɑlɪk/, X-SAMPA: /bju"kAlIk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk
• Hyphenation: bu‧col‧ic

Etymology 1

From Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikos, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”), from βουκόλος (boukolos, “cowherd”), from βοῦς (bous, “cow”) + -κολος (-colos, “keeper, tender”) + -ικός (-icos, “-ic”).

Adjective

bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)

1. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
2. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

Translations

rustic, pastoral, country-styled

• Bulgarian: пасторален (bg) (pastoralen), провинциален (bg) (provincialen)
• Dutch: rustiek (nl), landelijk (nl)
• French: bucolique (fr)
• Greek: βουκολικός (el) (voukolikós) m, αγροτικός (el) (agrotikós) m, ποιμενικός (el) (pimenikós) m
• Icelandic: sveitalegur (is) m, sveita- (is), sveitalífs- (is), sveitasælu- (is), óheflaður (is) m, grófgerður (is) m, prests- (is)

• Latin: būcolicus (la)
• Portuguese: bucólico (pt)
• Russian: пасторальный (ru) (pastoralʹnyj), сельский (ru) (selʹskij)
• Spanish: bucólico (es)

pertaining to herdsmen or peasants

• Bulgarian: селски (bg) (selski), овчарски (bg) (ovčarski)
• Dutch: pastoraal (nl)
• French: pastoral (fr)
• Greek: βουκολικός (el) (voukolikós) m

• Icelandic: bóndalegur (is) m
• Latin: būcolicus (la)
• Russian: сельский (ru) (selʹskij)

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• Spanish: bucólico

Etymology 2

From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus

Noun

bucolic (plural bucolics)

1. A pastoral poem.
2. A rustic, peasant

Translations

a pastoral poem

• Latin: būcolicum (la) n

a rustic, peasant

• Bulgarian: овчар (bg) (ovčar) m, селянин (bg) (seljanin) m

• Latin: būcolicum (la) n

See also

• georgic