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ruminant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/

Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

Meanings

1. Chewing cud.
2. Pondering; ruminative.
   • 1927, G. K. Chesterton, "[https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton/the-secret-of-father-brown/text/the-red-moon-of-meru The Red Moon of Meru", in The Secret of Father Brown “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

Forms

Deriveds

preruminant · nonruminant · ruminant meat · ruminantly

Translations (26)

ru жва́чный (chewing cud) · uk ремигаючий (chewing cud) · de wiederkäuend (chewing cud) · hy որոճող (chewing cud) · da drøvtyggende (chewing cud) · es rumiante (chewing cud) · bg преживен (chewing cud) · nn jortande (chewing cud) · cy cilgnöol (chewing cud) · uk жуйний (chewing cud) · ar مُجْتَرّ (chewing cud) · tr geviş getiren (chewing cud) · fi märehtivä (chewing cud) · my စမြုံ့ပြန်သော (chewing cud) · pl przeżuwający (chewing cud) · ca remugant (chewing cud) · fr ruminant (chewing cud) · nn ørtande (chewing cud) · gv aachaignagh (chewing cud) · gd ath-chagnach (chewing cud) · ast rumiante (chewing cud) · pl zadumany (pondering, ruminative) · uk задумливий (pondering, ruminative) · sk prežúvavý (chewing cud) · pt ruminante (chewing cud) · nb drøvtyggende (chewing cud)

ruminant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/

Etymology

From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).

Meanings

1. Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle or deer.
   • Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud. 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Prognosis”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

preruminant · nonruminant · ruminantly

Hypernyms

mammal · herbivore

Hyponyms

pronghorn · cattle · giraffe · cow · camel · nilgai · bison · antelope · llama · deer · wildebeest · gnu · water buffalo · gazelle · alpaca · sheep · goat · yak

Relateds

ruminate

Synonyms

ruminant

Translations (52)

sh преживар (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · gv aachaignagh (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · tr geviş getiren (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · no drøvtygger (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · fr ruminante (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · sv idisslare (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ru жвачное живо́тное (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · bg преживно животно (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · is jórturdýr (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · xal кевәсән кевдг мал (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · cy cilfil (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · mk преживар (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · la rūmināns (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · sl prežvekovalec (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · pl przeżuwacz (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · eo remaĉulo (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ms ruminan (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · uk жу́йні (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · sk prežúvavec (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · fo jóturdýr (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · de Wiederkäuer (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · el μηρυκαστικό (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · nl herkauwer (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ko 반추 동물 (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · gv caignagh keerey (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · nn drøvtyggjar (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · wa roemiant (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · fi märehtijä (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · id ruminansia (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · sh preživar (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · nn jortar (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · et mäletseja (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · nn drøvtyggar (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ar مُجْتَرَّات (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · cy cilfilyn (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · da drøvtygger (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · fr ruminant (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · it ruminante (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · cy cilgnöwr (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ro rumegătoare (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · cs přežvýkavec (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · cmn 反芻動物 /反刍动物 (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · es rumiante (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ja 反芻動物 (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ca remugant (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · th สัตว์เคี้ยวเอื้อง (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ar مُجْتَرّ (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · uk жуйна тварина (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · pt ruminante (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · hu kérődző (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · ast rumiante (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud) · br daskirier (artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud)