bovine
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
Inflected forms:
form: more bovine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bovine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bovines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: They had been selected and arranged with a dull, bovine indifference to any meaning that any of them might have.
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.
The inevitable consequence of handling complex international issues with cruel and bovine simplicity is to spread fear, uncertainty and instability.
gloss: An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
pos: noun
gloss: An animal of a family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
pos: noun
tags: often
specifically
examples: Near-synonyms: cattle beast, cattlebeast, cow
Related words: beef
Bos
Boselaphini
Boselaphus
bovate
bovicide
boviculture
bovid
Bovidae
boviform
Bovinae
Bovini
Bovinus spiritualis
Bovril
Derived words: 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
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
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: каравя́чы
roman: karavjáčy
lang: Belarusian
word: каро́він
roman: karóvin
lang: Belarusian
word: бычы́ны
roman: byčýny
lang: Bulgarian
word: во́лски
roman: vólski
lang: Catalan
word: boví
lang: Cornish
word: bewin
lang: Cornish
word: lonnek
lang: Czech
word: hovězí
lang: Dutch
word: runds
lang: Esperanto
word: bova
lang: Finnish
word: nautamainen
lang: Finnish
word: nauta-
lang: French
word: bovin
lang: German
word: Rinder-
lang: Hindi
word: गोजातीय
roman: gojātīya
lang: Hindi
word: पशुवत
roman: paśuvat
lang: Hindi
word: गोरूप
roman: gorūp
lang: Ingrian
word: lehmäin
lang: Italian
word: bovino
lang: Latin
word: bovīnus
lang: Malay
word: lembu
lang: Malay
word: kelembuan
lang: Malay
word: bovin
lang: Marathi
word: गोजातीय
roman: gojātīy
lang: Marathi
word: गोकुलीय
roman: gokulīy
lang: Polish
word: bydlęcy
lang: Portuguese
word: bovino
lang: Romanian
word: vițel
lang: Russian
word: коро́вий
roman: koróvij
lang: Russian
word: бы́чий
roman: býčij
lang: Russian
word: быча́чий
roman: byčáčij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: goveđi
lang: Slovak
word: hovädzí
lang: Slovene
word: goveji
lang: Spanish
word: bovino
lang: Spanish
word: vacuno
lang: Ukrainian
word: коро́в'ячий
roman: koróvʺjačyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: бича́чий
roman: byčáčyj
lang: Welsh
word: buchol