Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.

    Rinder-

    коро́вийkoróvij, бы́чийbýčij, быча́чийbyčáčij

    коро́в'ячийkoróvʺjačyj, бича́чийbyčáčyj

    of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)

  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.

    (not comparable)Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.

  3. (figuratively)Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

    тупо́йtupój

    dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I'm not an expert on bovine anatomy, but I think they have four stomachs.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, relating to or resembling cattle:
Русский
By meaning 2
of, relating to or resembling cattle:
sluggish, dull, slow-witted:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, relating to or resembling cattle:

Forms

more bovine, most bovine
Comparativemore bovine Lesson
Superlativemost bovine Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle):bovid

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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