bovine

English

WOTD – 9 May 2008

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
• : enPR: bōʹvīn, IPA^(key): /ˈboʊvaɪn/

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Adjective

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
2. (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

Synonyms

• neatish

Derived terms

Terms derived from bovine

• acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
• bibovine
• bovine acetonaemia, bovine acetonemia
• bovine achondroplasia
• bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
• bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
• bovine antitoxin
• bovine babesiosis
• bovine bingo
• bovine borreliosis
• bovine brucellosis
• bovine cancer eye
• bovine cartilage
• bovine colloid
• bovine colostrum
• bovine congenital ataxia
• bovine diarrhea virus, bovine diarrhoea virus
• bovine encephalitis, bovine encephalomyelitis
• bovine enterovirus ()
• bovine ephemeral fever
• bovine epizootic fever
• bovine face
• bovine farcy

• bovine foot rot
• 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 herpes virus 5,
• bovine immunoglobulin
• bovine immunoglobulin concentrate
• bovine infectious petechial fever
• bovine ketosis
• bovine lentivirus
• bovine leprosy
• bovine leptospirosis
• bovine leukaemia, bovine leukemia
• bovine leukosis
• bovinely
• bovine lymphomatosis

• bovine malignant catarrh
• bovine malignant catarrhal fever
• bovine malignant lymphoma
• bovine mastitis
• bovine mitochondrial endonuclease
• bovine myelin
• bovine nocardiosis
• bovine papillomatosis
• bovine papilloma virus, bovine papillomavirus
• bovine papular stomatitis
• bovine petechial fever
• bovine porphyria
• bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy
• bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine
• bovine rhinovirus
• bovine serum albumin
• bovine somatotrophin
• bovine spongiform encephalitis
• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis

• bovine theileriasis
• bovine trichomoniasis
• bovine trypanosomiasis
• bovine tuberculosis
• bovine ulcerative mammillitis
• bovine vaccinia mammillitis
• bovine viral diarrhea, bovine viral diarrhoea, bovine virus diarrhea, bovine virus diarrhoea
• ,
• 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
• ovibovine
• sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
• sporadic bovine leukosis

Related terms

Terms related to bovine

• beef
• Bos
• Boselaphus
• bovate
• bovicide
• boviculture
• bovid

• boviform
• Bovidae
• Bovinae
• Bovinus spiritualis (hodag)
• Bovril

Translations

of, relating to or resembling cattle

• Bulgarian: волски (volski)
• Catalan: boví
• Dutch: runds
• Esperanto: bova
• Finnish: nautamainen (fi), nauta- (fi)
• French: bovin (fr) m, bovine (fr) f
• Italian: bovino (it)
• Latin: bovīnus (la)
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• Malay: lembu (ms), kelembuan, bovin
• Polish: bydlęcy (pl) m
• Portuguese: bovino (pt)
• Romanian: vițel (ro)
• Russian: коро́вий (ru) (koróvij) (of cows), бы́чий (ru) (býčij) (of bulls)
• Slovak: hovädzí
• Spanish: bovino (es), vacuno (es) m

sluggish, dull, slow-witted

• Bulgarian: тъп (bg) (tǎp), муден (bg) (muden)
• Finnish: nautamainen
• Polish: gamoniowaty m
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• Russian: тупо́й (ru) (tupój) (slow-witted)

Noun

bovine (plural bovines)

1. An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

Translations

animal like cattle, buffalo, bison

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛 (zh) (niú)

• Czech: tur (cs) m
• Dutch: rund (nl)
• Finnish: nauta (fi), nautaeläin (fi)
• French: bovin (fr) m
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• Mongolian: үхэр (mn) (üxer)
• Romanian: bovină (ro) f
• Spanish: bovino (es) m
• Tok Pisin: bulmakau

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.vin/

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Adjective

bovine

1. feminine singular of bovin

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Italian

Adjective

bovine

1. feminine plural of bovino

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) bovīne

1. vocative masculine singular of bovīnus