beast of burden

English

A beast of burden and its human leader

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Noun

beast of burden (plural beasts of burden)

1. A draft animal, a pack 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 (cs) 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 (is) n (pulling loads), vinnudýr (is) 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dewar (ku) f

• Latin: iumentum (la) (pulling carts), armentum (pulling plows)
• Macedonian: товарно животно n (tovarno životno)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lastedyr n, trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n

  Nynorsk: lastedyr n, trekkdyr n, kløvdyr n

• Old Galician-Portuguese: azemela
• Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan)
• Persian: چهارپا (fa)
• Polish: zwierzę juczne n

  Old Polish: klusię n

• Portuguese: besta de carga, animal cargueiro m, azémola (pt) f, azêmola (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: animal de povară n
• Russian: вью́чное живо́тное (ru) n (vʹjúčnoje živótnoje)
• Sicilian: sumeri (scn), sumaro
• Spanish: bestia de carga (es) f, animal de carga m
• Swedish: lastdjur (sv) n, dragdjur (sv) n, packdjur (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), دَابَّة (dābba)
• 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 m, animal amansado m, animal domesticado m

See also

• draught animal

Further reading

• beast of burden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia