beast of burden

English[edit]

a beast of burden and its human leader

beast of burden (plural beasts of burden)

A draught animal, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.
(by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.

animal that carries or pulls a load

Armenian: գրաստ (hy) (grast)
Catalan: bèstia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馱畜 (zh), 驮畜 (zh) (tuóchù)
Czech: soumar m
Danish: arbejdsdyr n, trækdyr n, lastdyr n
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
Galician: besta de carga f
German: Saumtier n, Lasttier (de) n, Lastkamel n, Saumkamel n, Packesel (de) m, Tragtier (de) n, Zugtier (de) n
Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n (ypozýgio)
Ancient: ὑποζύγιον n (hupozúgion)
Hungarian: málhás állat, teherhordó állat
Icelandic: burðardýr n (carrying loads), dráttardýr n (pulling loads), vinnudýr n (more generic)
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)

Latin: iumentum (la) (pulling carts); armentum (pulling plows)
Macedonian: товарно животно n (tovarno životno)
Norwegian: trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n
Bokmål: lastedyr n

Nynorsk: lastedyr 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 (sv) n, dragdjur n, ök (sv) 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