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cow
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kou, IPA(key): /ka?/
- \? ka?\
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English cou, cu, from Old English c? (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *k?, from Proto-Germanic *k?z (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??ws (“cow”).
Cognate with Sanskrit ?? (go), Ancient Greek ???? (boûs), Persian ???? (g?v)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *gov?do (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian ???????? (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 b?s (“ox, bull, cow”), Armenian ??? (kov, “cow”).
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 c?na (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of c? (“cow”).
Noun
cow (plural cows or cattle or kine) (see usage notes)
- (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
- (uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (derogatory, Britain, Australia, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- […] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 2:
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
Mattie Storin: Pig.
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals kee, kie, kine, ky and kye are archaic or dialectal, and are not in common use.
Synonyms
- (derogatory: despicable woman): bitch
- (female animal):
- (female dolphin): dolphinet (archaic)
- (informal: anything annoyingly difficult): bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)
Antonyms
- (female domesticated ox or other bovine): bull (male, uncastrated), ox or steer (male, castrated), heifer (female, immature)
Hyponyms
- (young or little): cowlet, cowling
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kaw
- Tok Pisin: kau
- ? Abenaki: kaoz (from cows)
- ? Maori: kau
Translations
See cow/translations § Noun.
See also
- List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse kúga (“to oppress”) (whence also Norwegian and Danish kue, Swedish kuva); compare Icelandic kúfa (“to set on top”) and Faroese kúga (“to oppress”).
Verb
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
- (transitive, chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
- To vanquish a people already cowed.
Derived terms
- cowed
- cowedly
- cowedness
- uncowed
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
cow (plural cows)
- (Britain, dialect) A chimney cowl.
Anagrams
- CWO, WOC
Huave
Noun
cow
- metate (grinding stone)
Derived terms
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)?[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 252
Middle English
Noun
cow
- Alternative form of cou
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reticulum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?ticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle.
Noun
reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)
- A network. The endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
- A pattern of interconnected objects.
- (zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
Related terms
- reticle
- reticulate
- reticulated
- reticulation
Translations
Latin
Alternative forms
- r?ti?culum
- r?ticulus
Etymology
From r?te (“net, snare”) +? -culum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re??ti.ku.lum/, [re??t??k??????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re?ti.ku.lum/, [r??t?i?kulum]
Noun
r?ticulum n (genitive r?ticul?); second declension
- a net
- a fishnet
- a hairnet
- a network
- a colander
- an omentum
- (later Latin): a reticle
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
- r?ticul?tus
Descendants
- English: reticle
- Italian: reticolo
- Portuguese: retículo, retícula
References
- reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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