name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cattle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
Examples
- Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.
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noun
Meaning 3
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
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noun
Meaning 4
People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, figuratively, plural, plural-normally
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noun
Meaning 5
chattel
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: English, countable, obsolete, plural, plural-normally, sometimes
Qualifier: plural cattles
Topics: law
Examples
- goods and cattle
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noun
Meaning 6
Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally, rare, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of cattle truck (“to fuck: to break, destroy”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, transitive
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noun
Meaning 8
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age- Bible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- so many head of cattle
- wait till the cows come home
- seven thin and ill-favored kine
- a team of oxen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bovine
Narrower terms: ox, stirk, bullock, steer, bull, cow, moo-cow, beef, beef cattle, Welsh, Welsh Black, red poll, Africander, dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker, Devon, grade
History
Etymology
From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.
Across languages
Translations
275 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aari: waakí — domesticated bovine animals
- Afrikaans: bees — domesticated bovine animals
- Afrikaans: beeste — domesticated bovine animals
- Afrikaans: koei — domesticated bovine animals
- Afrikaans: bul — domesticated bovine animals
- Albanian: gjedh — domesticated bovine animals
- Algonquin: adik — domesticated bovine animals
- Andi: буцӏцӏир (buccʼir) — domesticated bovine animals
- Western Apache: maghashi — domesticated bovine animals
- Western Apache: bágashi — domesticated bovine animals
- Arabic: بَقَر (baqar) — domesticated bovine animals
- Arabic: مواشي (mawaši) — domesticated bovine animals
- Arabic: بْهايم (bhæym) — domesticated bovine animals
- Arabic: كْسيبة (ksiba) — domesticated bovine animals
- Armenian: խոշոր եղջերավոր անասուն (xošor eġǰeravor anasun) — domesticated bovine animals
- Armenian: տավար (tavar) — domesticated bovine animals
- Old Armenian: արջառ (arǰaṙ) — domesticated bovine animals
- Assamese: গৰু (goru) — domesticated bovine animals
- Avar: боцӏи (bocʼi) — domesticated bovine animals
- Azerbaijani: mal — domesticated bovine animals
- Azerbaijani: sığır — domesticated bovine animals
- West Coast Bajau: sapi' — domesticated bovine animals
- Bashkir: мал (mal) — domesticated bovine animals
- Bashkir: мал-тыуар (mal-tıwar) — domesticated bovine animals
- Basque: abelgorriak — domesticated bovine animals
- Belarusian: бу́йная рага́тая жывёла (bújnaja rahátaja žyvjóla) — domesticated bovine animals
- Belarusian: бы́дла (býdla) — domesticated bovine animals
- Bhojpuri: मवेशी (mavēśī) — domesticated bovine animals
- Bau Bidayuh: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Central Bikol: baka — domesticated bovine animals
- Bulgarian: е́дър рога́т доби́тък (édǎr rogát dobítǎk) — domesticated bovine animals
- Bulgarian: гове́до (govédo) — domesticated bovine animals
- Catalan: bestiar — domesticated bovine animals
- Chechen: даьхни (däxni) — domesticated bovine animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 牛 (niú) — domesticated bovine animals
- Chinese Mandarin: 家牛 (jiāniú) — domesticated bovine animals
- Cornish: buhes — domesticated bovine animals
- Cornish: gwarthek — domesticated bovine animals
- Czech: skot — domesticated bovine animals
- Czech: dobytek — domesticated bovine animals
- Danish: kvæg — domesticated bovine animals
- Dinka: ɣɔ̈k — domesticated bovine animals
- Drung: nungngua — domesticated bovine animals
- Central Dusun: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Dutch: rundvee — domesticated bovine animals
- Egyptian: M42:Dw-E1:Z2 (wnḏw) — domesticated bovine animals
- Esperanto: bovo — domesticated bovine animals
- Estonian: veised — domesticated bovine animals
- Evenki: авду (awdu) — domesticated bovine animals
- Faroese: neyt — domesticated bovine animals
- Finnish: nautakarja — domesticated bovine animals
- Finnish: karja — domesticated bovine animals
- French: bétail — domesticated bovine animals
- French: bovins — domesticated bovine animals
- West-Frisian: kij — domesticated bovine animals
- Galician: gando — domesticated bovine animals
- Georgian: საქონელი (sakoneli) — domesticated bovine animals
- German: Kühe — domesticated bovine animals
- German: Rinder — domesticated bovine animals
- German: Rindvieh — domesticated bovine animals
- German: Vee — domesticated bovine animals
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa) — domesticated bovine animals
- Greek: βοοειδή (vooeidí) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ancient Greek: βόες (bóes) — domesticated bovine animals
- Gutnish: krik — domesticated bovine animals
- Hausa: shanu — domesticated bovine animals
- Hebrew: בקר (baqár) — domesticated bovine animals
- Hindi: पशु (paśu) — domesticated bovine animals
- Hindi: पशुधन (paśudhan) — domesticated bovine animals
- Hindi: मवेशी (maveśī) — domesticated bovine animals
- Hungarian: szarvasmarha — domesticated bovine animals
- Hungarian: boci — domesticated bovine animals
- Iban: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Icelandic: nautgripur — domesticated bovine animals
- Ingrian: siivotta — domesticated bovine animals
- Ingush: бежан (bežan) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ingush: доахан (doaxan) — domesticated bovine animals
- Irish: eallach — domesticated bovine animals
- Irish: beithígh — domesticated bovine animals
- Irish: buar — domesticated bovine animals
- Old Irish: búar — domesticated bovine animals
- Italian: bovini — domesticated bovine animals
- Japanese: 牛 (ushi) — domesticated bovine animals
- Japanese: 畜牛 (chikugyū) — domesticated bovine animals
- Javanese: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Javanese: lembu — domesticated bovine animals
- Kannada: ದನಗಳು (danagaḷu) — domesticated bovine animals
- Kazakh: сиыр (siyr) — domesticated bovine animals
- Kimaragang: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Korean: 소 (so) — domesticated bovine animals
- Latin: pecu — domesticated bovine animals
- Latvian: liellopi — domesticated bovine animals
- Lithuanian: galvi̇̀jai — domesticated bovine animals
- Lü: ᦷᦣ (ho) — domesticated bovine animals
- Macedonian: говедо (govedo) — domesticated bovine animals
- Malay: lembu — domesticated bovine animals
- Malay: sapi — domesticated bovine animals
- Malay: cewe bok — domesticated bovine animals
- Central Melanau: sapek — domesticated bovine animals
- Middle English: catel — domesticated bovine animals
- Middle English: net — domesticated bovine animals
- Mongolian: үхэр (üxer) — domesticated bovine animals
- Nandi: tany — domesticated bovine animals
- Navajo: béégashii — domesticated bovine animals
- Norman: bestchias — domesticated bovine animals
- Norman: bêtes à cornes — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Bokmål: storfe — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Bokmål: kveg — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Bokmål: krøtter — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: storfe — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kveg — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krøter — domesticated bovine animals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krøtter — domesticated bovine animals
- Old Church Slavonic: скотъ (skotŭ) — domesticated bovine animals
- Old English: feoh — domesticated bovine animals
- Old Saxon: fehu — domesticated bovine animals
- Oromo: loon — domesticated bovine animals
- Ossetian: фос (fos) — domesticated bovine animals
- Persian: گاو (gâv) — domesticated bovine animals
- Persian: احشام (ahšâm) — domesticated bovine animals
- Plautdietsch: Fee — domesticated bovine animals
- Plautdietsch: Rint — domesticated bovine animals
- Polish: bydło — domesticated bovine animals
- Polish: bydło domowe — domesticated bovine animals
- Portuguese: gado (bovino) — domesticated bovine animals
- Romanian: bovine — domesticated bovine animals
- Romanian: vite — domesticated bovine animals
- Romansh: biestga — domesticated bovine animals
- Romansh: muaglia — domesticated bovine animals
- Romansh: muvel — domesticated bovine animals
- Romansh: movel — domesticated bovine animals
- Russian: кру́пный рога́тый скот (krúpnyj rogátyj skot) — domesticated bovine animals
- Russian: скоти́на (skotína) — domesticated bovine animals
- Russian: бык (byk) — domesticated bovine animals
- Russian: коро́ва (koróva) — domesticated bovine animals
- Samoan: povi — domesticated bovine animals
- Sanskrit: पशु (paśu) — domesticated bovine animals
- Scots: kye — domesticated bovine animals
- Scottish Gaelic: crodh — domesticated bovine animals
- Serbo-Croatian: говедо — domesticated bovine animals
- Serbo-Croatian: govedo — domesticated bovine animals
- Sicilian: vacchi — domesticated bovine animals
- Slovak: dobytok — domesticated bovine animals
- Slovene: govedo — domesticated bovine animals
- Somali: lo' — domesticated bovine animals
- Lower Sorbian: skót — domesticated bovine animals
- Lower Sorbian: gowjedo — domesticated bovine animals
- Upper Sorbian: howjado — domesticated bovine animals
- Sotho: kgomo — domesticated bovine animals
- Sotho: dikgomo — domesticated bovine animals
- Spanish: ganado — domesticated bovine animals
- Swahili: ng'ombe — domesticated bovine animals
- Swedish: boskap — domesticated bovine animals
- Swedish: nötkreatur — domesticated bovine animals
- Tajik: гов (gov) — domesticated bovine animals
- Tamil: மாடு (māṭu) — domesticated bovine animals
- Tatar: сыер (sıyır) — domesticated bovine animals
- Thai: วัว (wuua) — domesticated bovine animals
- Tocharian B: okso — domesticated bovine animals
- Tok Pisin: bulmakau — domesticated bovine animals
- Turkish: büyükbaş hayvan — domesticated bovine animals
- Turkish: sığır — domesticated bovine animals
- Ukrainian: би́дло (býdlo) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ukrainian: скоти́на (skotýna) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ukrainian: буга́й (buháj) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ukrainian: бик (byk) — domesticated bovine animals
- Ukrainian: коро́ва (koróva) — domesticated bovine animals
- Uzbek: sigir — domesticated bovine animals
- Volapük: veter — domesticated bovine animals
- Volapük: bubem — domesticated bovine animals
- Walloon: vatches — domesticated bovine animals
- Walloon: grossès biesses — domesticated bovine animals
- Walloon: rodjès biesses — domesticated bovine animals
- Walloon: bovrins — domesticated bovine animals
- Welsh: gwartheg — domesticated bovine animals
- Welsh: da — domesticated bovine animals
- Wutunhua: nek — domesticated bovine animals
- Yiddish: רינד (rind) — domesticated bovine animals
- Zazaki: naxır (diq) — domesticated bovine animals
- Afrikaans: vee — livestock
- Afrikaans: grootvee — livestock
- Afrikaans: kleinvee — livestock
- Arabic: مَوَاشٍ (mawāšin) — livestock
- Arabic: مَاشِيَة (māšiya) — livestock
- Bashkir: мал (mal) — livestock
- Bashkir: мал-тыуар (mal-tıwar) — livestock
- Bulgarian: добитък (dobitǎk) — livestock
- Czech: dobytek — livestock
- Esperanto: brutaro — livestock
- Finnish: karja — livestock
- Georgian: პირუტყვი (ṗiruṭq̇vi) — livestock
- Ancient Greek: κτήνη (ktḗnē) — livestock
- Hindi: पशुधन (paśudhan) — livestock
- Hungarian: marha — livestock
- Javanese: sapi — livestock
- Javanese: lembu — livestock
- Latin: pecus — livestock
- Latin: pecuāria — livestock
- Lezgi: мал (mal) — livestock
- Mongolian: мал (mal) — livestock
- Polish: bydło — livestock
- Tajik: мол (mol) — livestock
- Tamil: கால்நடை (kālnaṭai) — livestock
- Turkish: davar — livestock
- Turkish: hayvanlar — livestock
- Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt) — livestock
- Yaghnobi: мол (mol) — livestock
- Albanian: gjedh — certain other livestock
- Bashkir: мал (mal) — certain other livestock
- Bashkir: мал-тыуар (mal-tıwar) — certain other livestock
- Belarusian: рага́тая жывёла (rahátaja žyvjóla) — certain other livestock
- Belarusian: жывёла (žyvjóla) — certain other livestock
- Belarusian: бы́дла (býdla) — certain other livestock
- Bulgarian: доби́тък (dobítǎk) — certain other livestock
- Chinese Mandarin: 家畜 (jiāchù) — certain other livestock
- Chinese Mandarin: 牲畜 (shēngchù) — certain other livestock
- Dutch: vee — certain other livestock
- Estonian: kariloomad — certain other livestock
- Finnish: karja — certain other livestock
- French: bétail — certain other livestock
- Galician: gando — certain other livestock
- German: Vieh — certain other livestock
- Greek: κοπάδι (kopádi) — certain other livestock
- Hebrew: מִקְנֶה (miqné) — certain other livestock
- Italian: bestiame — certain other livestock
- Japanese: 家畜 (kachiku) — certain other livestock
- Lithuanian: galvi̇̀jas — certain other livestock
- Mongolian: мал (mal) — certain other livestock
- Norwegian: bøling — certain other livestock
- Norwegian: buskap — certain other livestock
- Norwegian: fe — certain other livestock
- Norwegian: krøtter — certain other livestock
- Norwegian: kveg — certain other livestock
- Polish: bydło — certain other livestock
- Portuguese: gado — certain other livestock
- Russian: скот (skot) — certain other livestock
- Russian: скоти́на (skotína) — certain other livestock
- Scottish Gaelic: crodh — certain other livestock
- Spanish: ganado — certain other livestock
- Swedish: boskap — certain other livestock
- Tamil: கால்நடை (kālnaṭai) — certain other livestock
- Turkish: davar — certain other livestock
- Ukrainian: худоба (xudoba) — certain other livestock
- Ukrainian: би́дло (býdlo) — certain other livestock
- Ukrainian: скоти́на (skotýna) — certain other livestock
- Volapük: smalaveter — certain other livestock
- Walloon: bisteu — certain other livestock
- Walloon: biesses — certain other livestock
- Arabic: بهايم (bhæym) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Belarusian: бы́дла (býdla) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Bulgarian: гове́до (govédo) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Czech: dobytek — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Danish: kvæg — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Dutch: vee — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Dutch: beesten — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Finnish: karja — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Finnish: lauma — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- French: bétail — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- German: Rindvieh — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- German: Vieh — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Greek: βόδια (vódia) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Greek: πρόβατα (próvata) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Hebrew: בהמה (behemá) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Italian: bestiame — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Norwegian: stut — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Polish: bydło — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Portuguese: ralé — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Russian: скоти́на (skotína) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Russian: бы́дло (býdlo) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Slovak: dobytok — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Turkish: öküz — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Ukrainian: би́дло (býdlo) — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Walloon: bisteu — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
- Walloon: biesses — pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny
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