adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
equine
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/
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UK: /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/
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US: /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/
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US: /ˈiˌkwaɪn/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or belonging to the family Equidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
Meaning 5
resembling a horse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 6
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: equid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal
Narrower terms: horse, Equus caballus, ass, mule, hinny, zebra, quagga, Equus quagga
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَرَسِيّ (farasiyy) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Arabic: خَيْلِيّ (ḵayliyy) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Belarusian: ко́нскі (kónski) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Bulgarian: ко́нски (kónski) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Catalan: equí — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Chinese Mandarin: 馬的 /马的 (mǎ de) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Czech: koňský — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Esperanto: ĉevala — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Esperanto: ekvena — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Esperanto: ekveda — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Finnish: hevos- — of or relating to a horse or horses
- French: chevalin — of or relating to a horse or horses
- French: équin — of or relating to a horse or horses
- French: hippique — of or relating to a horse or horses
- German: Pferde- — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Ido: kavalala — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Italian: equino — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Japanese: ウマの (uma no) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Korean: 말의 (mar-ui) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Latin: equīnus — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Macedonian: коњски (konjski) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Persian: اسبی (asbi) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Persian: اسپی (aspi) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Polish: koński — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Portuguese: equino — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Romanian: cabalin — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Russian: лошади́ный (lošadínyj) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Russian: ко́нский (kónskij) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Russian: ко́нный (kónnyj) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Serbo-Croatian: ко̏њски — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍnjski — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Slovak: konský — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Slovene: konjski — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Spanish: equino — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Ukrainian: кі́нський (kínsʹkyj) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Ukrainian: коня́чий (konjáčyj) — of or relating to a horse or horses
- Esperanto: ekveno — Any horse-like animal
- Esperanto: ekvedo — Any horse-like animal
- Finnish: hevoseläin — Any horse-like animal
- Portuguese: equino — Any horse-like animal
- Romanian: cabalină — Any horse-like animal