different between ruminant vs reticulum

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?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle.

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)

1. A network. The endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
3. (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

1. a net
2. a fishnet
3. a hairnet
4. a network
5. a colander
6. an omentum
7. (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