equine
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).
Inflected forms:
form: more equine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most equine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: equines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
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.
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].
The equine escapees caused chaos bolting through the capital, colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians.
gloss: Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
pos: adj
gloss: Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.
pos: noun
Synonyms: hippo-
horsey
horsy
horsely
horsen
Derived words: 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:
lang: Arabic
word: فَرَسِيّ
roman: farasiyy
lang: Arabic
word: خَيْلِيّ
roman: ḵayliyy
lang: Belarusian
word: ко́нскі
roman: kónski
lang: Bulgarian
word: ко́нски
roman: kónski
lang: Catalan
word: equí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 馬的 /马的
roman: mǎ de
lang: Czech
word: koňský
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉevala
lang: Esperanto
word: ekvena
lang: Esperanto
word: ekveda
lang: Finnish
word: hevos-
lang: French
word: chevalin
lang: French
word: équin
lang: French
word: hippique
lang: German
word: Pferde-
lang: Ido
word: kavalala
lang: Italian
word: equino
lang: Japanese
word: ウマの
roman: uma no
lang: Korean
word: 말의
roman: mar-ui
lang: Latin
word: equīnus
lang: Macedonian
word: коњски
roman: konjski
lang: Persian
word: اسبی
roman: asbi
lang: Persian
word: اسپی
roman: aspi
lang: Polish
word: koński
lang: Portuguese
word: equino
lang: Romanian
word: cabalin
lang: Russian
word: лошади́ный
roman: lošadínyj
lang: Russian
word: ко́нский
roman: kónskij
lang: Russian
word: ко́нный
roman: kónnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̏њски
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kȍnjski
lang: Slovak
word: konský
lang: Slovene
word: konjski
lang: Spanish
word: equino
lang: Ukrainian
word: кі́нський
roman: kínsʹkyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: коня́чий
roman: konjáčyj