ruminant

ruminant

English

Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, from rūminor (“chew the cud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/

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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

chewing cud

Armenian: որոճող (hy) (oročoł) Asturian: rumiante (ast) Bulgarian: преживен (preživen) Burmese: စမြုံ့ပြန်သော (ca.mrum.pransau:) Catalan: remugant (ca) Danish: drøvtyggende Finnish: märehtivä (fi) German: wiederkäuend (de) Manx: aachaignagh Norwegian: Bokmål: drøvtyggende Nynorsk: jortande, ørtande Portuguese: ruminante (pt) Russian: жва́чный (ru) (žváčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: ath-chagnach Slovak: prežúvavý m Spanish: rumiante (es) Turkish: geviş getiren (tr) Ukrainian: жуйний m (žujnyj), ремигаючий m (remyhajučyj)

pondering, ruminative

Ukrainian: задумливий m (zadumlyvyj)

Noun

ruminant (plural ruminants)

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

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:ruminant

Translations

artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud

Asturian: rumiante (ast) m Breton: daskirier (br) m Bulgarian: преживно животно n (preživno životno) Catalan: remugant (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 反芻動物／反刍动物 (zh) (fǎnchú dòngwù) Czech: přežvýkavec (cs) m Danish: drøvtygger (da) c Dutch: herkauwer (nl) Esperanto: remaĉulo Estonian: mäletseja Faroese: jóturdýr n Finnish: märehtijä (fi) French: ruminant (fr) m, ruminante (fr) f German: Wiederkäuer (de) m Greek: μηρυκαστικό (el) n (mirykastikó) Hungarian: kérődző (hu) Icelandic: jórturdýr n Italian: ruminante (it) Japanese: 反芻動物 (hansū dōbutsu) Korean: 반추 동물 (banchu dongmul) Latin: rūmināns Malay: ruminan Manx: aachaignagh m, caignagh keerey m Norwegian: Bokmål: drøvtygger (no) m Nynorsk: jortar m, drøvtyggar m, drøvtyggjar m Polish: przeżuwacz (pl) m Portuguese: ruminante (pt) m or f Romanian: rumegătoare (ro) f Russian: жвачное живо́тное (žvačnoje živótnoje) Serbo-Croatian: преживар m, preživar m Slovak: prežúvavec (sk) m Slovene: prežvekovalec m or f Spanish: rumiante (es) m or f Swedish: idisslare (sv) Thai: สัตว์เคี้ยวเอื้อง (sàt-kíao-ʉ̂ʉang) Turkish: geviş getiren (tr) Ukrainian: жуйна тварина f (žujna tvaryna) Welsh: cilfil m, cilgnöwr m

Related terms

• ruminate

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/

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Adjective

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

1. ruminant

Noun

ruminant m (plural ruminants)

1. ruminant

Participle

ruminant

1. present participle of ruminer

Further reading

• “ruminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

rūminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rūminō