different between nonruminant vs ruminant

English

Etymology

non- +? ruminant

Adjective

nonruminant (not comparable)

1. Not ruminant.

Noun

nonruminant (plural nonruminants)

1. Any animal that is not a ruminant.

English

Etymology

From Latin r?min?ns, r?minantem, from r?minor (“chew the cud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?m?n?nt/

Adjective

ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)

1. Chewing cud.
2. Pondering; ruminative.
   • G. K. Chesterton

     “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

Translations

Noun

ruminant (plural ruminants)

1. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:ruminant

Translations

Related terms

• ruminate

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.mi.n??/

Adjective

ruminant (feminine singular ruminante, masculine plural ruminants, feminine plural ruminantes)

1. ruminant

Noun

ruminant m (plural ruminants)

1. ruminant

Verb

ruminant

1. present participle of ruminer

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

r?minant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of r?min?