ox

Signification (English)

1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.

Concepts

bœuf

🐂

boeuf

taureau

bovin

bouvillon

bovidé

bovins

vache

🐮

veau

beuf

bestiaux

bovine

châtron

bétail

Synonyms

bull

bullock

cow

🐮

steer

cattle

bovine

beef

calf

buffalo

wild ox

heifer

water buffalo

🐃

oxen

oxidation

oxidizer

pigeon

show

steers

Taurus

♉

Bull

nowt

domestic cattle

Taurus the Bull

castrated bull

domestic cow

common ox

kangaroo bar

roo bar

Ushi

bibimbap

beast

bird

🐦

bovine animal

bovines

bullocks

etc.

farm animal

foot

🦶

goat

🐐

hand

✋

neat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɑks/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: oxe

Inherited from ancien anglais: oxa

Cognate with frison occidental: okse

Cognate with néerlandais: os

Cognate with allemand: Ochse

Cognate with gallois: ych

Cognate with Tokharian A: ops

Cognate with Tokharian B: okso

Cognate with avestique: 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥

Cognate with sanskrit: उक्षन्

In summary

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.
Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán).