cow

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
3. (uncommon, uncountable) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
4. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
6. (Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
7. (countable, uncountable) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
8. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A third-year cadet at West Point.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.

Verb

To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.

Concetti

vacca

🐮

mucca

bovino

vaccino

🐮

bastarda

elefantessa

femmina

♀️

stronza

toro

boarie

bue

🐂

vitello

bove

🐂

intimidire

scoraggiare

bovini

bestiame bovino

giovenca

vaccina

sinonimi

cattle

ox

🐂

bull

cows

intimidate

bullock

frighten

overawe

calf

daunt

heifer

threaten

steer

beef

bovine

terrify

calves

browbeat

bully

moo-cow

scare

😨

startle

affright

alarm

milk cow

appal

buffalo

young cow

dismay

pressure

poll

pressurize

prune

scarecrow

suppress

surpass

terrorize

tyrannize

unnerve

domestic animals

milch-cow

roundbelly cowfish

cowfish

meat

🥩

bully into

domestic cattle

many-spined cow fish

kangaroo bar

roo bar

broadie

Traduzioni

vache

🐮

vaca

🐮

Kuh

🐮

vaca

🐮

koe

🐮

vaca

🐮

vacca

🐮

αγελάδα

inek

🐮

vaca

بقرة

🐮

çêlek

🐮

Rind

🐮

sığır

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kaʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: cou

Ereditato da inglese antico: cū

Affine sanscrito: गौ

Affine greco antico: βοῦς

Affine persiano: گاو

Affine lettone: govs

Affine scozzese: coo

Affine frisone settentrionale: ko

Affine frisone occidentale: ko

Affine olandese: koe

Affine basso tedesco: Koh

Affine tedesco: Kuh

Affine svedese: ko

Affine norvegese: ku

Affine islandese: kýr

Affine latino: bōs

Affine armeno: կով

Ereditato da inglese medio: kyne

Affine inglese medio: ky

Ereditato da inglese antico: cȳna

Affine norvegese: -

Affine danese: kue

Affine svedese: kuva

Affine islandese: kúfa

Affine faroese: kúga

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Germanic *kōz
Proto-West Germanic *kō
Old English cū
Middle English cow
English cow
Inherited from Middle English cow, cou, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Cognate with Sanskrit गो (go), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina, “beef”), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”) (whence English beef), Armenian կով (kov, “cow”). Doublet of beef.
The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye + -en, or inherited from Old English cūna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”).

Frasi

The definition of a black cow varies by region .

La definizione di mucca nera varia per regione.