cattle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- [ˈkʰætʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰætʰl̩] without t-flapping
- /ˈkæɾəl/ t-flapping
- [ˈkʰæɾəl] ~ [ˈkʰæɾl̩] t-flapping
- /ˈkætəl/ without t-flapping
Etymology
From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-normally) Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.
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(plural, plural-normally) Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
Mangcorn is utilized partly as human food, and partly as fodder for cattle, especially for fattening swine, for which purpose it is considered peculiarly adapted.
1923, Norwegian Trade Review, numbers 6-8, page 39:Mr. Jos had hired a pair of horses for his open carriage, with which cattle, and the smart London vehicle, he made a very tolerable figure in the drives about Brussels.
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 29, in Vanity Fair, page 246:The Dover mail was in its usual genial position that the guard suspected the passengers, the passengers suspected one another and the guard, they all suspected everybody else, and the coachman was sure of nothing but the horses; as to which cattle he could with a clear conscience have taken his oath on the two Testaments that they were not fit for the journey.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the First, chapter 2:
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(derogatory, figuratively, plural, plural-normally) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
"Come, that will do," interrupted Joolby with an impatient growl; "talk, talk, talk—that's all it ever comes to with your kind of cattle. Do you still think that you are playing at charades, girl? […]"
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:"I always knew it, but I always denied it, because I'm one of them, and I'm like them." ¶"We're just cattle," the Prison Governor said, relieved now.
1961, Gerald Hanley, The Journey Homeward, page 155:
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(English, countable, obsolete, plural, plural-normally, qualifier:plural cattles, sometimes) chattel
goods and cattle
That then every person so offending and convict, shall for his third offence, forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, all his goods and cattles, and shall suffer imprisonment during his life.
1552, Parliament of England, An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Service in the Church, and Administration of the Sacraments:1684 July. Mistris Dorothy Gray, Adminnestratrix of the Goods and Cattles of Mr Edward Gray, late of Plymouth, deceased, […]
1684, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, published 1856:
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(plural, plural-normally, rare, uncountable) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Believe it or not Big Mac is one of the ultra radicals who provide fast food cattle burgers to interstate vehicles who drive all over the place providing scraps for rats, cats, flies, etc, so that the Mad Cow Disease might spread even faster than it would otherwise do.
1996 April 3, Emmett Jordan, “Re: AR activist arrested for spreading 'Mad Cow' disease in US”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet):“But you cooked a human being and ate him,” say I. “I couldn’t help it,” says she. “I remember the cattle steaks of the old days, the juicy pork, the dripping joints of lamb, the venison.”
a. 1978, Barry Hannah, “Eating Wife and Friends”, in Airships, Grove Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 137:If a particular whale species isn't endangered, then there's not a blind bit of difference between butchering them or cattle.
2005 June 25, "Serge" (username), "Re: WOW!!!! WHALE BURGERS...... McDonalds Don't You Get Any Ideas", in aus.politics and other newsgroups, UsenetThe temptation of a lone white man was too great for any gathering of myall-natives, and sheep-fat and cattle-steak seemed there for the spearing, so that a stockman always ran the risk of attack, especially if his shepherds interfered with the native women.
a. 1964, Stephen Henry Roberts, The Squatting Age in Australia, 1835-1847, Melbourne University Press, published 1964, page 315:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cattle | Number=Sing | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cattle drover · cattleproof · cattle-prod · cattle class · cattle pen · cattle grub · cattledom · cattle truck · gods may do what cattle may not · anticattle · cattelo · cattle catcher · cattalo · goycattle · cattle-cake · cattabu · Wild Cattle Creek · cattle beast · cattle-buyer · feeder cattle · cattle ranch · cattlelog · cattle plague · cattle call · cattleguard · cattle prod · cattle trucking · cattlebeast · cattlehead · cattle-guard · yattle · cattle guard · cattle goad · cattleperson · Cattle Creek · fed cattle · cattle car · cattle tick · cattle driver · cattle egret · cattle dog · cattle creep · Heck cattle · cattle grid · cattle fair · cattleman · cattleless · cattle dock · cattlewealth · cattle pad · cattlelike · cattle cake · cattle drive · Texas cattle fever · Australian cattle dog · cattle market · noncattle · cattle crush · cattleshed · catalo · cattle wagon · black cattle · cattlewoman · cattle-like · cattle-rearing · cattle-drive · ant cattle · cattlepost · Highland cattle · cattle trucked · all hat and no cattle · dairy cattle · cattle chamois · cattleheart · cattle station · kittle cattle · western cattle egret
Relateds
herd (Other entries associated with cattle) · Bos taurus (Other entries associated with cattle) · cow (Other entries associated with cattle) · capital · Angus (Other entries associated with cattle) · bull (Other entries associated with cattle) · bovine (Other entries associated with cattle) · calf (Other entries associated with cattle) · chattel · steer (Other entries associated with cattle) · ox (Other entries associated with cattle)
Synonyms
Bos (domesticated bovine animals) · sheeple (people who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny) · cattlehead (domesticated bovine animals) · bovine (domesticated bovine animals) · neat (domesticated bovine animals) · kine (domesticated bovine animals) · cattlebeast (domesticated bovine animals) · beef (domesticated bovine animals)
Translations (276)
ga buar (domesticated bovine animals) · eu abelgorriak (domesticated bovine animals) · yai мол (livestock) · el κοπάδι (certain other livestock) · arz مواشي (domesticated bovine animals) · vo veter (domesticated bovine animals) · sh govedo (domesticated bovine animals) · wa biesses (certain other livestock) · nl vee (certain other livestock) · enm catel (domesticated bovine animals) · tg мол (livestock) · it bestiame (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · it bestiame (certain other livestock) · da kvæg (domesticated bovine animals) · inh доахан (domesticated bovine animals) · sm povi (domesticated bovine animals) · khb ᦷᦣ (domesticated bovine animals) · ga beithígh (domesticated bovine animals) · fi lauma (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · pdt Rint (domesticated bovine animals) · hi पशुधन (domesticated bovine animals) · ru скоти́на (certain other livestock) · de Kühe (domesticated bovine animals) · ta கால்நடை (livestock) · aiw waakí (domesticated bovine animals) · wa rodjès biesses (domesticated bovine animals) · sne sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · tpi bulmakau (domesticated bovine animals) · af koei (domesticated bovine animals) · evn авду (domesticated bovine animals) · niq tany (domesticated bovine animals) · be рага́тая жывёла (certain other livestock) · pl bydło (certain other livestock) · tr davar (livestock) · uk би́дло (domesticated bovine animals) · tg гов (domesticated bovine animals) · fa گاو (domesticated bovine animals) · pl bydło (livestock) · ru кру́пный рога́тый скот (domesticated bovine animals) · uk би́дло (certain other livestock) · pt ralé (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · jv sapi (livestock) · af grootvee (livestock) · nrf bestchias (domesticated bovine animals) · it bovini (domesticated bovine animals) · uz sigir (domesticated bovine animals) · hy տավար (domesticated bovine animals) · pt gado (bovino) (domesticated bovine animals) · sq gjedh (certain other livestock) · hu szarvasmarha (domesticated bovine animals) · es ganado (domesticated bovine animals) · yi רינד (domesticated bovine animals) · no fe (certain other livestock) · ja 家畜 (certain other livestock) · ba мал-тыуар (livestock) · fi karja (domesticated bovine animals) · uk скоти́на (domesticated bovine animals) · rm movel (domesticated bovine animals) · ba мал (domesticated bovine animals) · he בהמה (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · cs dobytek (livestock) · scn vacchi (domesticated bovine animals) · om loon (domesticated bovine animals) · de Rindvieh (domesticated bovine animals) · sv nötkreatur (domesticated bovine animals) · grc βόες (domesticated bovine animals) · xcl արջառ (domesticated bovine animals) · mk говедо (domesticated bovine animals) · mn үхэр (domesticated bovine animals) · fr bovins (domesticated bovine animals) · bg гове́до (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · uk коро́ва (domesticated bovine animals) · la pecus (livestock) · sl govedo (domesticated bovine animals) · sv boskap (certain other livestock) · kqr sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · apw bágashi (domesticated bovine animals) · uk бик (domesticated bovine animals) · af kleinvee (livestock) · gl gando (certain other livestock) · as গৰু (domesticated bovine animals) · bdr sapi' (domesticated bovine animals) · be жывёла (certain other livestock) · ru бы́дло (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · dsb gowjedo (domesticated bovine animals) · st dikgomo (domesticated bovine animals) · fi nautakarja (domesticated bovine animals) · sw ng'ombe (domesticated bovine animals) · ga eallach (domesticated bovine animals) · th วัว (domesticated bovine animals) · vo bubem (domesticated bovine animals) · he מִקְנֶה (certain other livestock) · et veised (domesticated bovine animals) · fy kij (domesticated bovine animals) · lt galvi̇̀jas (certain other livestock) · nl rundvee (domesticated bovine animals) · nb kveg (domesticated bovine animals) · no kveg (certain other livestock) · af bul (domesticated bovine animals) · sk dobytok (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · wa bovrins (domesticated bovine animals) · kw buhes (domesticated bovine animals) · ba мал (livestock) · el πρόβατα (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · ms lembu (domesticated bovine animals) · ko 소 (domesticated bovine animals) · dtp sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · hsb howjado (domesticated bovine animals) · txb okso (domesticated bovine animals) · tr hayvanlar (livestock) · bg гове́до (domesticated bovine animals) · tr öküz (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · izh siivotta (domesticated bovine animals) · lt galvi̇̀jai (domesticated bovine animals) · no krøtter (certain other livestock) · fi karja (certain other livestock) · sk dobytok (domesticated bovine animals) · jv lembu (domesticated bovine animals) · cs dobytek (domesticated bovine animals) · cmn 家畜 (certain other livestock) · sh говедо (domesticated bovine animals) · de Rindvieh (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · is nautgripur (domesticated bovine animals) · osx fehu (domesticated bovine animals) · af vee (livestock) · tr sığır (domesticated bovine animals) · ba хайуан (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · grc κτήνη (livestock) · nn krøtter (domesticated bovine animals) · uk буга́й (domesticated bovine animals) · ka პირუტყვი (livestock) · ru бык (domesticated bovine animals) · pt gado (certain other livestock) · jv sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · nb krøtter (domesticated bovine animals) · fr bétail (certain other livestock) · cy gwartheg (domesticated bovine animals) · ja 畜牛 (domesticated bovine animals) · uga 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (livestock) · fr bétail (domesticated bovine animals) · eo bovo (domesticated bovine animals) · sa पशु (domesticated bovine animals) · cu скотъ (domesticated bovine animals) · wa vatches (domesticated bovine animals) · inh бежан (domesticated bovine animals) · ary بهايم (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · sq gjedh (domesticated bovine animals) · fi karja (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · af beeste (domesticated bovine animals) · wuh nek (domesticated bovine animals) · egy M42:Dw-E1:Z2 (domesticated bovine animals) · ru скоти́на (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · ha shanu (domesticated bovine animals) · ta கால்நடை (certain other livestock) · no bøling (certain other livestock) · nl vee (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · fr bétail (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · dsb skót (domesticated bovine animals) · el βοοειδή (domesticated bovine animals) · rm muvel (domesticated bovine animals) · ja 牛 (domesticated bovine animals) · bho मवेशी (domesticated bovine animals) · be бу́йная рага́тая жывёла (domesticated bovine animals) · enm net (domesticated bovine animals) · fo neyt (domesticated bovine animals) · hi पशु (domesticated bovine animals) · cmn 家牛 (domesticated bovine animals) · mn мал (certain other livestock) · ar مَوَاشٍ (livestock) · es ganado (certain other livestock) · ro vite (domesticated bovine animals) · iba sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · uk скоти́на (certain other livestock) · fi karja (livestock) · bg е́дър рога́т доби́тък (domesticated bovine animals) · din ɣɔ̈k (domesticated bovine animals) · fa احشام (domesticated bovine animals) · ar مَاشِيَة (livestock) · nn krøter (domesticated bovine animals) · bcl baka (domesticated bovine animals) · lez мал (livestock) · ru коро́ва (domesticated bovine animals) · pdt Fee (domesticated bovine animals) · wa biesses (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · nb storfe (domesticated bovine animals) · be бы́дла (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · uk би́дло (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · tr davar (certain other livestock) · rm muaglia (domesticated bovine animals) · st kgomo (domesticated bovine animals) · wa bisteu (certain other livestock) · uk худоба (certain other livestock) · el βόδια (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · duu nungngua (domesticated bovine animals) · gd crodh (certain other livestock) · so lo' (domesticated bovine animals) · ce даьхни (domesticated bovine animals) · pl bydło (domesticated bovine animals) · bg добитък (livestock) · kk сиыр (domesticated bovine animals) · nl beesten (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · eo brutaro (livestock) · ba мал (certain other livestock) · uk вели́ка рога́та худо́ба (domesticated bovine animals) · mel sapek (domesticated bovine animals) · mn мал (livestock) · alq adik (domesticated bovine animals) · cmn 牛 (domesticated bovine animals) · nn storfe (domesticated bovine animals) · az mal (domesticated bovine animals) · cs skot (domesticated bovine animals) · hu boci (domesticated bovine animals) · os фос (domesticated bovine animals) · ro bovine (domesticated bovine animals) · ms cewe bok (domesticated bovine animals) · cmn 牲畜 (certain other livestock) · kw gwarthek (domesticated bovine animals) · wa grossès biesses (domesticated bovine animals) · ani буцӏцӏир (domesticated bovine animals) · pl bydło (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · nn kveg (domesticated bovine animals) · gsw Vee (domesticated bovine animals) · ru скот (certain other livestock) · de Rinder (domesticated bovine animals) · ka საქონელი (domesticated bovine animals) · jv lembu (livestock) · av боцӏи (domesticated bovine animals) · zza naxır (diq) (domesticated bovine animals) · ary كْسيبة (domesticated bovine animals) · vo smalaveter (certain other livestock) · la pecuāria (livestock) · tt сыер (domesticated bovine animals) · wa bisteu (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · nv béégashii (domesticated bovine animals) · da kvæg (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · de Vieh (certain other livestock) · be бы́дла (domesticated bovine animals) · gl gando (domesticated bovine animals) · la pecu (domesticated bovine animals) · ca bestiar (domesticated bovine animals) · hy խոշոր եղջերավոր անասուն (domesticated bovine animals) · ms sapi (domesticated bovine animals) · hu marha (livestock) · nrf bêtes à cornes (domesticated bovine animals) · cy da (domesticated bovine animals) · ary بْهايم (domesticated bovine animals) · cs dobytek (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · ba мал-тыуар (certain other livestock) · et kariloomad (certain other livestock) · ru скоти́на (domesticated bovine animals) · tr büyükbaş hayvan (domesticated bovine animals) · ta மாடு (domesticated bovine animals) · hi मवेशी (domesticated bovine animals) · ar بَقَر (domesticated bovine animals) · hi पशुधन (livestock) · no buskap (certain other livestock) · ang feoh (domesticated bovine animals) · pl bydło domowe (domesticated bovine animals) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (domesticated bovine animals) · bg доби́тък (certain other livestock) · sv boskap (domesticated bovine animals) · he בקר (domesticated bovine animals) · gmq-gut krik (domesticated bovine animals) · af bees (domesticated bovine animals) · de Vieh (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · sco kye (domesticated bovine animals) · lv liellopi (domesticated bovine animals) · apw maghashi (domesticated bovine animals) · rm biestga (domesticated bovine animals) · sga búar (domesticated bovine animals) · ba мал-тыуар (domesticated bovine animals) · kn ದನಗಳು (domesticated bovine animals) · no stut (pejorative: people who resemble cattle in behavior or destiny) · az sığır (domesticated bovine animals) · gd crodh (domesticated bovine animals) · be бы́дла (certain other livestock)
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