bucolic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).
Meanings
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Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.
Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.
2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025:A couple of years later the Metropolitan had reached its own most northerly point, Verney Junction, which was as bucolic as it sounds.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 71:The setting for this big fight over a little bird is bucolic: A well-preserved 18th-century barn, white with green doors, standing on the edge of a sprawling saltmarsh in Rye.
2026 April 15, Todd Bookman, “Whose barn is it, anyways? Swallows in Rye face eviction”, in New Hampshire Public Radio, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026:
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Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
In a sense, Mr. Maillier is living the classic French dream – working the land in the bucolic countryside, feeding his children good food, and keeping France’s gastronomic heritage alive.
2025 February 10, Colette Davidson, “Farming in France is on the decline. Who will feed the French?”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:The cozy bed and breakfast was located in a picturesque, bucolic setting, offering guests a chance to escape the city and enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside.
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Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Their traditional clothing and simple way of life reflected their bucolic roots as a community of shepherds and farmers.
Here we consider a bucolic example.
1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bucolic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bucolic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unbucolic · bucolicism · bucolically
Translations (43)
el βουκολικός (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · ru пасторальный (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · is sveitalegur (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · uk пасторальний (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · el αγροτικός (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · nl bucolisch (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · is sveitalífs- (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · la būcolicus (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · grc βουκολικός (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · el ποιμενικός (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · grc βουκολικός (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · nl pastoraal (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · sv herde- (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · uk сільський (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · fr pastoral (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · es bucólico (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · is bóndalegur (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · sv rustik (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · el βουκολικός (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · is óheflaður (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · sv bond- (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · is sveitasælu- (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · ru се́льский (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · bg овчарски (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · bg провинциален (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · la būcolicus (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · is sveita- (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · sv bukolisk (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · sv lantlig (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · ru се́льский (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · ca bucòlic (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · is grófgerður (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · nl rustiek (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · sv bondsk (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · sv bukolisk (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · nl landelijk (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · pt bucólico (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · bg селски (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · is prests- (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · sv lantlig (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) · bg пасторален (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · uk буколічний (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) · fr bucolique (rustic, pastoral, country-styled)