equine

See also: équine

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/, /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/, /ˈiˌkwaɪn/

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Adjective

equine (comparative more equine, superlative most equine)

1. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses.
   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

     He who believes that each equine species was independently created, will, I presume, assert that each species has been created with a tendency to vary, both under nature and under domestication, in this particular manner, so as often to become striped like other species of the genus; and that each has been created with a strong tendency, when crossed with species inhabiting distant quarters of the world, to produce hybrids resembling in their stripes, not their own parents, but other species of the genus.

   • 2002 April 1, Les Sellnow, “Tendons and Ligaments”, in The Horse.com‎^[1]:

     It should come as no surprise that horses suffer from tendon and ligament injuries. When one considers these vital parts of the equine anatomy and the stresses placed upon them, it’s a tribute to the horse’s physical make-up that there aren’t more injuries.

   • 2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Nantlle Railway”, in RAIL, number 974, page 51:

     Four years after the publication of the Modernisation Report, and two years after the very first 'Pilot Scheme' diesels were introduced, BR finally said goodbye to a form of traction even older than the steam locomotive. This was the horse... and the line that used equine power was older than the Liverpool & Manchester [Railway].

   • 2024 April 27, Michael Hogan, “Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?”, in The Observer‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The equine escapees caused chaos bolting through the capital, colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians.

2. Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.

Synonyms

• hippo-
• horsey, horsy
• horsely (rare)
• horsen (rare)

Derived terms

• eastern equine encephalitis
• equinal
• equinely
• equineness
• equine rhabdomyelosis
• equine therapy
• equine variola
• equinism
• equinity
• equinophobe
• equinophobia
• equinophobic
• nonequine
• unequine
• Venezuelan equine encephalitis
• Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis

Translations

of or relating to a horse or horses

• Arabic: فَرَسِيّ (farasiyy), خَيْلِيّ (ḵayliyy)
• Belarusian: ко́нскі (kónski)
• Bulgarian: ко́нски (kónski)
• Catalan: equí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬的 / 马的 (zh) (mǎ de)

• Czech: koňský (cs)
• Esperanto: ĉevala, (taxonomic subfamily) ekvena, (taxonomic family) ekveda
• Finnish: hevos-
• French: chevalin (fr), équin (fr), hippique (fr)
• German: Pferde- (de)
• Ido: kavalala (io)
• Italian: equino (it) m
• Japanese: ウマの (ja) (uma no)
• Korean: 말의 (ko) (mar-ui)
• Latin: equīnus
• Macedonian: коњски (konjski)
• Persian: اسبی (fa) (asbi), اسپی (aspi)
• Polish: koński (pl)
• Portuguese: equino (pt)
• Romanian: cabalin (ro)
• Russian: лошади́ный (ru) (lošadínyj), ко́нский (ru) (kónskij), ко́нный (ru) (kónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏њски

  Latin: kȍnjski (sh)

• Slovak: konský (sk)
• Slovene: konjski
• Spanish: equino (es)
• Ukrainian: кі́нський (kínsʹkyj), коня́чий (konjáčyj)

Noun

equine (plural equines)

1. Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.

Translations

Any horse-like animal

• Esperanto: (taxonomic subfamily) ekveno, (taxonomic family) ekvedo (eo)
• Finnish: hevoseläin
• Portuguese: equino (pt) m
• Romanian: cabalină (ro) f

See also

• equid

Italian

Adjective

equine f

1. feminine plural of equino

Latin

Adjective

equīne

1. vocative masculine singular of equīnus