# bovine
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *gʷṓws
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/
* (US) enPR: bōʹvīn', bōʹvēn', bōʹvĭn; IPA: /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/, /ˈboʊˌvin/, /ˈboʊ.vɪn/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: (UK) -əʊvaɪn, (US) -oʊvaɪn

### Adjective

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)
* (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
    Synonyms: neatish, (archaic) vaccine
* (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
* (figurative) Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
** 1988 October 10, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, London: William Heinemann, page 69:They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
** 2018 August 16, Marina Hyde, “Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team”, in The Guardian‎:For reasons which are really a matter for a trainee psychoanalyst, who plays James Bond is a big thing for Spencer. To this end, he has unleashed a series of thoughts so bovine that I’ll just give you one for a little flavour.
** 2025 February 5, “The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.

#### Derived terms

* acute bovine pulmonary emphysema
* antibovine
* bibovine
* bovine acetonaemia, bovine acetonemia
* bovine achondroplasia
* bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase
* bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase
* Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1
* Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2
* Bovine alphaherpesvirus 5
* bovine antitoxin
* Bovine atadenovirus D
* bovine babesiosis
* bovine bingo
* bovine borreliosis
* bovine brucellosis
* bovine cancer eye
* bovine cartilage
* bovine colloid
* bovine colostrum
* bovine congenital ataxia
* Bovine coronavirus
* Bovine cyclovirus
* bovine diarrhea virus, bovine diarrhoea virus
* bovine encephalitis, bovine encephalomyelitis
* bovine enterovirus (Enterovirus E)
* bovine ephemeral fever
* bovine epizootic fever
* bovine face
* bovine farcy
* Bovine fever ephemerovirus
* Bovine foamy virus
* bovine foot rot
* Bovine gammaherpesvirus 4
* Bovine gammaherpesvirus 6
* 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 herpesvirus 1
* bovine herpes virus 5, Bovine herpesvirus 5
* Bovine immunodeficiency virus
* bovine immunoglobulin
* bovine immunoglobulin concentrate
* bovine infectious petechial fever
* bovine ketosis
* bovine lentivirus
* bovine leprosy
* bovine leptospirosis
* bovine leukaemia, bovine leukemia
* Bovine leukemia virus
* bovine leukosis
* bovinely
* bovine lymphomatosis
* bovine malignant catarrh
* bovine malignant catarrhal fever
* bovine malignant lymphoma
* Bovine mastadenovirus A
* Bovine mastadenovirus B
* Bovine mastadenovirus C
* bovine mastitis
* bovine mitochondrial endonuclease
* bovine myelin
* bovineness
* bovine nocardiosis
* bovine papillomatosis
* bovine papilloma virus, bovine papillomavirus
* bovine papular stomatitis
* Bovine papular stomatitis virus
* Bovine parainfluenza virus 3
* Bovine parvovirus
* bovine petechial fever
* bovine porphyria
* bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy
* Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
* Bovine rhinitis A virus
* Bovine rhinitis B virus
* bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine
* bovine rhinovirus
* bovine scatology
* bovine serum albumin
* bovine somatotrophin
* bovine spongiform encephalitis
* bovine spongiform encephalopathy
* bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis
* bovine theileriasis
* Bovine torovirus
* bovine trichomoniasis
* bovine trypanosomiasis
* bovine tuberculosis
* bovine ulcerative mammillitis
* bovine vaccinia mammillitis
* bovine viral diarrhea, bovine viral diarrhoea, bovine virus diarrhea, bovine virus diarrhoea
* Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1, Bovine viral diarrhea virus 2
* bovinity
* bovinized
* 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
* nonbovine
* ovibovine
* sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
* sporadic bovine leukosis

#### Related terms

* beef
* Bos
* Boselaphini
* Boselaphus
* bovate
* bovicide
* boviculture
* bovid
* Bovidae
* boviform
* Bovinae
* Bovini
* Bovinus spiritualis (hodag)
* Bovril

#### Translations
### Noun

bovine (plural bovines)
* An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

#### Translations
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ.vin/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Adjective

bovine
* feminine singular of bovin

## Italian
### Adjective

bovine
* feminine plural of bovino

### Anagrams

* bevoni

## Latin
### Adjective

bovīne
* vocative masculine singular of bovīnus