res

Signification (English)

1. (feminine) head of quadrupedal cattle or game
2. (Latin-America, feminine) bovine animal

Concepts

bestiau

bétail

créature

faune

organisme

bœuf

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Synonyms

ganado

toro

cabeza

carne

🥩

espiga

organismo

animales

animal

🐾

bovino

bestia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈres/

Etymology (English)

Cognate with portugais: rês

Cognate with maltais: ras

In summary

Cognate with Portuguese rês. From Latin rēs (“thing, property”). The etymology Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”, also of cattle) is no longer considered valid. While the latter is a perfect semantic match, the front vowel of the Romance form speaks against an Arabic origin because dialects generally maintain a back -a- in this word (compare Maltese ras, not *ries). For the sense evolution in the former derivation, compare English cattle.