different between bovine vs corpulent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bov?nus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin b?s (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.va?n/
• (US): enPR: b??v?n, IPA^(key): /?bo?va?n/

Adjective

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
2. (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

Synonyms

• neatish

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

bovine (plural bovines)

1. An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.vin/

Adjective

bovine

1. feminine singular of bovin

Italian

Adjective

bovine

1. feminine plural of bovino

Latin

Adjective

bov?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of bov?nus

English

Etymology

From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/, /?k??pj?l?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??pj?l?nt/

Adjective

corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)

1. Large in body; fat; overweight.
2. (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.

Usage notes

• In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Related terms

• corpulence

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r.py?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: cor?pu?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst)

1. overweight, corpulent

   Synonyms: gezet, lijvig

Inflection

Derived terms

• corpulentheid
• corpulentie

French

Etymology

From Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.py.l??/

Adjective

corpulent (feminine singular corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)

1. corpulent, stout

Related terms

• corpulence

Further reading

• “corpulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).