cowboy
English
Etymology
cow + boy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
cowboy (plural cowboys)
- A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
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- A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
- (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
- (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
- (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
Hypernyms
- cowhand
- cowperson
- cowpoke
Coordinate terms
- cowgirl
Derived terms
- all hat and no cowboy
- canteen cowboy
- cocaine cowboy
- cocksucking cowboy
- cowboy action shooting
- cowboy beans
- cowboy boot
- cowboy caviar
- cowboy chord
- cowboy church
- cowboy coffee
- cowboy-hatted
- cowboys and Indians
- cowboy shot
- cowboy shower
- cowboy supper
- cowboy tea
- cowboy up
- drugstore cowboy
- milk-bar cowboy
- Queen's cowboy
- rhinestone cowboy
- singing cowboy
Related terms
- cowman
- cowherd
Descendants
- → Catalan: cowboy
- → Dutch: cowboy
- → Finnish: cowboy
- → French: cow-boy, cowboy (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Cowboy
- → Hungarian: cowboy
- → Japanese: カウボーイ (kaubōi)
- → Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
- → Korean: 카우보이 (kauboi)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy
- → Polish: kowboj
- → Portuguese: caubói, cowboy
- → Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kàuboj, ка̀убој
- → Spanish: cowboy
- → Swedish: cowboy
- → Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)
Translations
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See also
- cattleman
- buckaroo
Verb
cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)
- (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
- 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
- Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
- 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
- Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
- 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
- I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.
- 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Danish
Etymology
From cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔwbɔj/, [ˈkʰɒwˌb̥ʌj]
Noun
cowboy c (singular definite cowboyen, plural indefinite cowboys or cowboyer)
- cowboy
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | cowboy | cowboyen | cowboys cowboyer | cowboyerne |
genitive | cowboys | cowboyens | cowboys' cowboyers | cowboyernes |
Derived terms
- cowboybukser
- cowboyfilm
- cowboyhat
References
- “cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯.bɔi̯/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: cow‧boy
Noun
cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)
- cowboy
Derived terms
- cowboyhoed
- cowboykapitalisme
- cowboylaars
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯boi̯/, [ˈkɑu̯bo̞i̯]
Noun
cowboy
- cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)
Declension
Inflection of cowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cowboy | cowboyt | |
genitive | cowboyn | cowboyiden cowboyitten | |
partitive | cowboyta | cowboyita | |
illative | cowboyhin cowboyhyn | cowboyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cowboy | cowboyt | |
accusative | nom. | cowboy | cowboyt |
gen. | cowboyn | ||
genitive | cowboyn | cowboyiden cowboyitten | |
partitive | cowboyta | cowboyita | |
inessive | cowboyssa | cowboyissa | |
elative | cowboysta | cowboyista | |
illative | cowboyhin cowboyhyn | cowboyihin | |
adessive | cowboylla | cowboyilla | |
ablative | cowboylta | cowboyilta | |
allative | cowboylle | cowboyille | |
essive | cowboyna | cowboyina | |
translative | cowboyksi | cowboyiksi | |
instructive | — | cowboyin | |
abessive | cowboytta | cowboyitta | |
comitative | — | cowboyineen |
Possessive forms of cowboy (type rosé) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | cowboyni | cowboymme |
2nd person | cowboysi | cowboynne |
3rd person | cowboynsa |
Synonyms
- lehmipoika (humorous)
- karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaw.bɔj/, /ko.bɔj/
Audio (file)
Noun
cowboy m (plural cowboys, feminine cowgirl)
- (rare) post-1990 spelling of cow-boy
Hungarian
Etymology
From English cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒuboj]
- Hyphenation: cow‧boy
- Rhymes: -oj
Noun
cowboy (plural cowboyok)
- cowboy
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | cowboy | cowboyok |
accusative | cowboyt | cowboyokat |
dative | cowboynak | cowboyoknak |
instrumental | cowboyjal | cowboyokkal |
causal-final | cowboyért | cowboyokért |
translative | cowboyjá | cowboyokká |
terminative | cowboyig | cowboyokig |
essive-formal | cowboyként | cowboyokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | cowboyban | cowboyokban |
superessive | cowboyon | cowboyokon |
adessive | cowboynál | cowboyoknál |
illative | cowboyba | cowboyokba |
sublative | cowboyra | cowboyokra |
allative | cowboyhoz | cowboyokhoz |
elative | cowboyból | cowboyokból |
delative | cowboyról | cowboyokról |
ablative | cowboytól | cowboyoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | cowboyé | cowboyoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | cowboyéi | cowboyokéi |
Possessive forms of cowboy | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | cowboyom | cowboyaim |
2nd person sing. | cowboyod | cowboyaid |
3rd person sing. | cowboya | cowboyai |
1st person plural | cowboyunk | cowboyaink |
2nd person plural | cowboyotok | cowboyaitok |
3rd person plural | cowboyuk | cowboyaik |
Derived terms
- cowboycsizma
- cowboyfilm
- cowboykalap
- cowboyregény
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English cowboy.
Noun
cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)
- a cowboy (most senses)
- cowboyer og indianere - cowboys and Indians
References
- “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English cowboy.
Noun
cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)
- a cowboy (most senses)
- cowboyar og indianarar - cowboys and Indians
References
- “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Noun
cowboy m (plural cowboys)
- Alternative spelling of caubói
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Noun
cowboy m (plural cowboy)
- cowboy
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cowboy | cowboyul | (niște) cowboy | cowboyi |
genitive/dative | (unui) cowboy | cowboyului | (unor) cowboy | cowboylor |
vocative | cowboyule | cowboylor |
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkauboi/ [ˈkau̯.β̞oi̯]
- Rhymes: -auboi
Noun
cowboy m (plural cowboys)
- cowboy
Swedish
Etymology
From English cowboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaʊ̯bɔj/
Noun
cowboy c
- cowboy
- Synonym: (humorous) cowboysare
Usage notes
The plural form could also be cowboys.
Declension
Declension of cowboy | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cowboy | cowboyen | cowboyer | cowboyerna |
Genitive | cowboys | cowboyens | cowboyers | cowboyernas |
See also
- vilda västern (“the Wild West”)