Meaning

5 senses
  1. (plural, usually plural)Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.

    Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.

  2. (plural, usually plural)Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

    Vieh

    скотskot, скоти́наskotína

    худобаxudoba, би́длоbýdlo, скоти́наskotýna

  3. (derogatory, figuratively, plural, usually plural)People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

    Kühe, Rinder, Rindvieh

    кру́пный рога́тый скотkrúpnyj rogátyj skot, скоти́наskotína, быкbyk

    вели́ка рога́та худо́баvelýka roháta xudóba, би́длоbýdlo, скоти́наskotýna

    domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

  4. (plural, usually plural, rare, uncountable)Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.

  5. (English, countable, obsolete, plural, usually plural, sometimes)Chattel

    goods and cattle

Examples

143 sentences
  1. My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.

    У мого тата є ферма, на якій він розводить велику рогату худобу і коней.

    ruМой отец содержит ранчо, разводит коров и лошадей.

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  2. I raise cattle.

    Я розводжу худобу.

    ruЯ развожу крупный рогатый скот.

    deIch züchte Vieh.

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  3. Cattle feed on grass.

    Худоба їсть траву.

    ruСкот кормится травой.

    deRinder ernähren sich von Gras.

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  4. The cattle are marked with brands.

    deDas Vieh ist mit Brandzeichen gekennzeichnet.

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  5. He learned how to raise cattle.

    deEr lernte Viehzüchtung.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
certain other livestock:
domesticated bovine animals:
Русский
By meaning 3
certain other livestock:
domesticated bovine animals:
pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
certain other livestock:
domesticated bovine animals:

Origin

From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Norther

From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.

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