equine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/ (UK)
- /ˈiˌkwaɪn/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/ (UK)
- /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/ (US)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).
Meanings
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Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses.
It should come as no surprise that horses suffer from tendon and ligament injuries. When one considers these vital parts of the equine anatomy and the stresses placed upon them, it’s a tribute to the horse’s physical make-up that there aren’t more injuries.
2002 April 1, Les Sellnow, “Tendons and Ligaments”, in The Horse.com:Four years after the publication of the Modernisation Report, and two years after the very first 'Pilot Scheme' diesels were introduced, BR finally said goodbye to a form of traction even older than the steam locomotive. This was the horse... and the line that used equine power was older than the Liverpool & Manchester [Railway].
2023 January 11, Richard Foster, “British Rail's weirdest railways...: Nantlle Railway”, in RAIL, number 974, page 51:The equine escapees caused chaos bolting through the capital, colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians.
2024 April 27, Michael Hogan, “Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:He who believes that each equine species was independently created, will, I presume, assert that each species has been created with a tendency to vary, both under nature and under domestication, in this particular manner, so as often to become striped like other species of the genus; and that each has been created with a strong tendency, when crossed with species inhabiting distant quarters of the world, to produce hybrids resembling in their stripes, not their own parents, but other species of the genus.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most equine | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more equine | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis · Venezuelan equine encephalitis · nonequine · equinal · equine variola · eastern equine encephalitis · equine rhabdomyelosis · equinophobic · equinely · equinism · equinophobia · equineness · equinophobe · unequine · equinity · equine therapy
Synonyms
hippo- · horsy · horsey · horsen · horsely
Translations (36)
fa اسبی (of or relating to a horse or horses) · es equino (of or relating to a horse or horses) · fr équin (of or relating to a horse or horses) · io kavalala (of or relating to a horse or horses) · be ко́нскі (of or relating to a horse or horses) · bg ко́нски (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ru ко́нный (of or relating to a horse or horses) · uk кі́нський (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ko 말의 (of or relating to a horse or horses) · fr hippique (of or relating to a horse or horses) · mk коњски (of or relating to a horse or horses) · it equino (of or relating to a horse or horses) · cs koňský (of or relating to a horse or horses) · sl konjski (of or relating to a horse or horses) · eo ĉevala (of or relating to a horse or horses) · fr chevalin (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ca equí (of or relating to a horse or horses) · eo ekvena (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ro cabalin (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ru лошади́ный (of or relating to a horse or horses) · sk konský (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ru ко́нский (of or relating to a horse or horses) · pl koński (of or relating to a horse or horses) · de Pferde- (of or relating to a horse or horses) · la equīnus (of or relating to a horse or horses) · fi hevos- (of or relating to a horse or horses) · pt equino (of or relating to a horse or horses) · eo ekveda (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ar فَرَسِيّ (of or relating to a horse or horses) · cmn 馬的 /马的 (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ar خَيْلِيّ (of or relating to a horse or horses) · fa اسپی (of or relating to a horse or horses) · sh ко̏њски (of or relating to a horse or horses) · uk коня́чий (of or relating to a horse or horses) · sh kȍnjski (of or relating to a horse or horses) · ja ウマの (of or relating to a horse or horses)