beast of burden

English

a beast of burden and its human leader

Noun

beast of burden ‎(plural beasts of burden)

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

Related terms

• draught animal

Translations

animal that carries or pulls heavy loads

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

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

• Czech: soumar m
• Dutch: lastdier (nl) n
• Finnish: juhta (fi), kantojuhta (fi), kuormajuhta (fi)
• French: bête de somme (fr) f, animal de trait (fr) m, bête de charge (fr) f
• German: Saumtier n, Lasttier n, Lastkamel n, Saumkamel n, Packesel m, Tragtier n, Zugtier n
• Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n ‎(ypozýgio)
• Italian: giumento m, animale da soma m
• Japanese: 駄獣 ‎(だじゅう, dajū), 駄載獣 ‎(ださいじゅう, dasaijū)

• Macedonian: товарно животно n ‎(tovarno životno)
• Norwegian: trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n
• Persian: چهارپا (fa)
• Polish: zwierzę juczne n
• Portuguese: animal de carga m, animal cargueiro m
• Romanian: animal de povară m
• Russian: вью́чное живо́тное n ‎(vʹjúčnoje živótnoje)
• Sicilian: sumeri (scn), sumaro
• Spanish: bestia de carga f, animal de carga m
• Swedish: lastdjur n, dragdjur n
• Ukrainian: в'ю́чна твари́на f ‎(vʺjúčna tvarýna)
• Volapük: (generic) lodotanim, (ass) lodotacuk, (mule) lodotamulud, (hinny) lodotahinud, (horse) lodotajevod, (bovine) lodotabub, (ox) lodotahobub
• Welsh: anifail pwn

domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans

• Arabic: بَهِيمَة f ‎(bahīma)

• German: Arbeitstier (de) n
• Italian: animale addestrato

External links

• Beast of burden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia