# cowboy
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *gʷṓws
From cow +‎ boy. More on Wikipedia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

cowboy (countable and uncountable, plural cowboys)
* A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
** 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
* A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
* (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
* (British, informal) A dishonest or incompetent independent tradesman.
* (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
* (uncountable) Short for cowboy pool.

#### Hypernyms

* cowhand
* cowperson
* cowpoke

#### Coordinate terms

* cowgirl

#### Derived terms

* all hat and no cowboy
* canteen cowboy
* cocaine cowboy
* cocksucking cowboy
* cowboy action shooting
* cowboy beans
* cowboy boot
* cowboy butter
* cowboy caviar
* cowboy chord
* cowboy church
* cowboy coffee
* cowboy-hatted
* cowboyish
* cowboyism
* cowboyitis
* cowboy killer
* cowboylike
* cowboy load
* cowboys and Indians
* cowboy shot
* cowboy shower
* cowboy steak
* cowboy supper
* cowboy tea
* cowboy up
* cowpunk
* cybercowboy
* drugstore cowboy
* glowboy
* keyboard cowboy
* milk-bar cowboy
* noncowboy
* Queen's cowboy
* rhinestone cowboy
* singing cowboy

#### Related terms

* cowherd
* cowman

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: cowboy
* → Dutch: cowboy
* → Estonian: kauboi
* → Finnish: cowboy
* → French: cow-boy, cowboy (rare, post-1990 spelling)
** → Vietnamese: cao bồi
* → German: Cowboy
* → Greek: καουμπόι (kaoumpói)
* → Hungarian: cowboy
* → Japanese: カウボーイ (kaubōi)
* → Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
* → Korean: 카우보이 (kauboi)
* → Mandarin: 牛仔 (niúzǎi) (calque)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy
* → Polish: kowboj
* → Portuguese: caubói, (Portugal) cobói, (unadapted form) cowboy
* → Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój)
** → Armenian: կովբոյ (kovboy)
* → Serbo-Croatian: kàuboj, ка̀убој
* → Spanish: cowboy
* → Swedish: cowboy
* → Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)

#### See also

* cattleman
* buckaroo

### Verb

cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)
* (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
** 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history:Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
** 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
    Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
** 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo:I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

#### References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

## Basque
### Etymology

From English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kau̯boi̯/ [kau̯.β̞oi̯]
* Rhymes: -au̯boi̯, -oi̯

### Noun

cowboy anim
* cowboy
    Synonyms: unai, behizain

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cowboy”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Danish
### Etymology

From cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔwbɔj/, [ˈkʰɒwˌb̥ʌj]

### Noun

cowboy c (singular definite cowboyen, plural indefinite cowboys or cowboyer)
* cowboy

#### Derived terms

* cowboybukser
* cowboyfilm
* cowboyhat

#### References

* “cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑu̯.bɔi̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: cow‧boy

### Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)
* cowboy

#### Derived terms

* cowboyhoed
* cowboykapitalisme
* cowboylaars

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑu̯boi̯/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯bo̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑuboi

### Noun

cowboy
* cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cowboyni
cowboyni
accusative
nom.
cowboyni
cowboyni
gen.
cowboyni
genitive
cowboyni
cowboyideni cowboyitteni
partitive
cowboytani
cowboyitani
inessive
cowboyssani
cowboyissani
elative
cowboystani
cowboyistani
illative
cowboyhini cowboyhyni
cowboyihini
adessive
cowboyllani
cowboyillani
ablative
cowboyltani
cowboyiltani
allative
cowboylleni
cowboyilleni
essive
cowboynani
cowboyinani
translative
cowboykseni
cowboyikseni
abessive
cowboyttani
cowboyittani
instructive
comitative
—cowboyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cowboysi
cowboysi
accusative
nom.
cowboysi
cowboysi
gen.
cowboysi
genitive
cowboysi
cowboyidesi cowboyittesi
partitive
cowboytasi
cowboyitasi
inessive
cowboyssasi
cowboyissasi
elative
cowboystasi
cowboyistasi
illative
cowboyhisi cowboyhysi
cowboyihisi
adessive
cowboyllasi
cowboyillasi
ablative
cowboyltasi
cowboyiltasi
allative
cowboyllesi
cowboyillesi
essive
cowboynasi
cowboyinasi
translative
cowboyksesi
cowboyiksesi
abessive
cowboyttasi
cowboyittasi
instructive
comitative
—cowboyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cowboymme
cowboymme
accusative
nom.
cowboymme
cowboymme
gen.
cowboymme
genitive
cowboymme
cowboyidemme cowboyittemme
partitive
cowboytamme
cowboyitamme
inessive
cowboyssamme
cowboyissamme
elative
cowboystamme
cowboyistamme
illative
cowboyhimme cowboyhymme
cowboyihimme
adessive
cowboyllamme
cowboyillamme
ablative
cowboyltamme
cowboyiltamme
allative
cowboyllemme
cowboyillemme
essive
cowboynamme
cowboyinamme
translative
cowboyksemme
cowboyiksemme
abessive
cowboyttamme
cowboyittamme
instructive
comitative
—cowboyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cowboynne
cowboynne
accusative
nom.
cowboynne
cowboynne
gen.
cowboynne
genitive
cowboynne
cowboyidenne cowboyittenne
partitive
cowboytanne
cowboyitanne
inessive
cowboyssanne
cowboyissanne
elative
cowboystanne
cowboyistanne
illative
cowboyhinne cowboyhynne
cowboyihinne
adessive
cowboyllanne
cowboyillanne
ablative
cowboyltanne
cowboyiltanne
allative
cowboyllenne
cowboyillenne
essive
cowboynanne
cowboyinanne
translative
cowboyksenne
cowboyiksenne
abessive
cowboyttanne
cowboyittanne
instructive
comitative
—cowboyinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cowboynsa
cowboynsa
accusative
nom.
cowboynsa
cowboynsa
gen.
cowboynsa
genitive
cowboynsa
cowboyidensa cowboyittensa
partitive
cowboytaan cowboytansa
cowboyitaan cowboyitansa
inessive
cowboyssaan cowboyssansa
cowboyissaan cowboyissansa
elative
cowboystaan cowboystansa
cowboyistaan cowboyistansa
illative
cowboyhinsa cowboyhynsa
cowboyihinsa
adessive
cowboyllaan cowboyllansa
cowboyillaan cowboyillansa
ablative
cowboyltaan cowboyltansa
cowboyiltaan cowboyiltansa
allative
cowboylleen cowboyllensa
cowboyilleen cowboyillensa
essive
cowboynaan cowboynansa
cowboyinaan cowboyinansa
translative
cowboykseen cowboyksensa
cowboyikseen cowboyiksensa
abessive
cowboyttaan cowboyttansa
cowboyittaan cowboyittansa
instructive
comitative
—cowboyineen cowboyinensa :

#### Synonyms

* lehmipoika (humorous)
* karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)

#### Derived terms

* cowboyhattu

### Further reading

* “cowboy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaw.bɔj/, /ko.bɔj/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, feminine cowgirl)
* (rare) post-1990 spelling of cow-boy

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒuboj]
* Hyphenation: cow‧boy
* Rhymes: -oj

### Noun

cowboy (plural cowboyok)
* cowboy

#### Derived terms

* cowboycsizma
* cowboyfilm
* cowboykalap
* cowboyregény

### Further reading

* cowboy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English cowboy.

### Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)
* a cowboy (most senses)
    cowboyer og indianere ― cowboys and Indians

### References

* “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English cowboy.

### Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)
* a cowboy (most senses)
    cowboyar og indianarar ― cowboys and Indians

### References

* “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

### Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)
* Alternative spelling of caubói / cobói

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

### Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboy)
* cowboy

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkauboi/ [ˈkau̯.β̞oi̯]
* Rhymes: -auboi

### Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)
* cowboy

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʊ̯bɔj/

### Noun

cowboy c
* a cowboy
    Synonyms: (humorous) cowboysare, (humorous) kobojsare

#### Derived terms

* cowboyboots
* cowboyhatt
* cowboys och indianer

#### See also

* duell
* indian
* saloon
* vilda västern (“the Wild West”)

### References

* cowboy in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* cowboy in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)