beast of burden

beast of burden

English

a beast of burden and its human leader

Noun

beast of burden (plural beasts of burden)

1. A draught animal, such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.
2. (by extension) Any domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans, such as a herding dog or trained falcon.

Translations

animal that carries or pulls a load

Armenian: գրաստ (hy) (grast) Catalan: bèstia (ca) f, animal de càrrega m Chinese: Mandarin: 馱畜／驮畜 (zh) (tuóchù) Czech: soumar m Danish: arbejdsdyr n, trækdyr n, lastdyr n Dutch: lastdier (nl) n Esperanto: ŝarĝbesto Finnish: juhta (fi), kantojuhta (fi), kuormajuhta (fi) French: bête de somme (fr) f, animal de trait (fr) m, bête de charge (fr) f Galician: besta de carga f German: Saumtier (de) n, Lasttier (de) n, Lastkamel n, Saumkamel n, Packesel (de) m, Tragtier (de) n, Zugtier (de) n, Arbeitstier (de) n Greek: υποζύγιο (el) n (ypozýgio) Ancient: ὑποζύγιον n (hupozúgion) Hungarian: málhás állat, teherhordó állat Icelandic: burðardýr n (carrying loads), dráttardýr n (pulling loads), vinnudýr n (more generic) Italian: giumento m, animale da soma m Japanese: 駄獣 (だじゅう, dajū), 駄載獣 (ださいじゅう, dasaijū) Latin: iumentum (la) (pulling carts), armentum (pulling plows) Macedonian: товарно животно n (tovarno životno) Norwegian: trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n Bokmål: lastedyr n Nynorsk: lastedyr n Ottoman Turkish: حیوان‎ (hayvan) Persian: چهارپا‎ (fa) Polish: zwierzę juczne n Portuguese: animal de carga m, animal cargueiro m Romanian: animal de povară m Russian: вью́чное живо́тное (ru) n (vʹjúčnoje živótnoje) Sicilian: sumeri (scn), sumaro Spanish: bestia de carga f, animal de carga m Swedish: lastdjur (sv) n, dragdjur (sv) n, ök (sv) n Ukrainian: в'ю́чна твари́на f (vʺjúčna tvarýna) Volapük: (generic) lodotanim, (ass) lodotacuk, (mule) lodotamulud, (hinny) lodotahinud, (horse) lodotajevod, (bovine) lodotabub, (ox) lodotahobub Welsh: anifail pwn

domesticated animal trained to perform tasks for humans

Arabic: بَهِيمَة‎ f (bahīma) Chinese: Mandarin: 馴養動物／驯养动物 (xùnyǎng dòngwù) Finnish: juhtaeläin (fi), juhta (fi) German: Arbeitstier (de) n Italian: animale addestrato Ottoman Turkish: حیوان‎ (hayvan) Spanish: animal adiestrado

See also

• draught animal

Further reading

• beast of burden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia