ruminant
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen(first stomach of a ruminant)”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)
- Chewing cud.
- Pondering; ruminative.
- G. K. Chesterton
- “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.
- G. K. Chesterton
TranslationsEdit
chewing cud
|
pondering, ruminative
|
NounEdit
ruminant (plural ruminants)
HyponymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:ruminant
TranslationsEdit
artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud
|
Related termsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ruminant (feminine ruminante, masculine plural ruminants, feminine plural ruminantes)
NounEdit
ruminant m (plural ruminants)
ParticipleEdit
ruminant
Further readingEdit
- “ruminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
rūminant