different between cervine vs bovine

English

Etymology

From Latin cerv?nus, from cervus (“deer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??v??n/

Adjective

cervine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 495:

     To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’

Anagrams

• evernic, revince

Italian

Adjective

cervine

1. feminine plural of cervino

Anagrams

• vernice, vincere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ker?u?i?.ne/, [k?r?u?i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??er?vi.ne/, [t???r?vi?n?]

Adjective

cerv?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of cerv?nus

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