cattle

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to cattle: kettle

cat·tle

(kăt′l)

pl.n.

a. Ruminant mammals of the genus Bos that have been domesticated and are often raised for meat and dairy products. Cows, steers, bulls, and oxen are cattle.

b. Similar wild or domesticated bovine animals, such as anoas or gaurs.

2. Humans, especially when viewed contemptuously or as a mob.

[Middle English catel, property, livestock, from Old North French, from Old Provençal capdal, from Medieval Latin capitāle, holdings, funds, from neuter of Latin capitālis, principal, original, from caput, head; see kaput- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cattle

(ˈkætəl)

n (functioning as plural)

1. (Animals) bovid mammals of the tribe Bovini (bovines), esp those of the genus Bos

2. (Animals) Also called: domestic cattle any domesticated bovine mammals, esp those of the species Bos taurus (domestic ox)

[C13: from Old Northern French catel, Old French chatel chattel]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cat•tle

(ˈkæt l)

n. (used with a pl. v.)

1. bovine animals, esp. domesticated members of the genus Bos, as cows and steers.

2. human beings, esp. in a large, unruly crowd.

[1175–1225; Middle English catel < Old North French: (personal) property < Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital¹]

Cattle

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

cattle - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"

Bos taurus, cows, kine, oxen

calf - young of domestic cattle

Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini

bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos

ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus

stirk - yearling heifer or bullock

bullock, steer - castrated bull

bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

cow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat

Welsh Black, Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales

red poll - hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle

Africander - tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft

dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk

Devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

grade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

boeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovine

herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

cattle

plural noun cows, stock, beasts, livestock, bovines a ban on all imports of live cattle and beef from the European Community

Related words
adjective bovine
collective nouns drove, herd

Quotations
"The cow is of the bovine ilk;"
"One end is moo, the other, milk" [Ogden Nash The Cow]

Cattle

Breeds of cattle Aberdeen Angus, Africander, Alderney, Ayrshire, Blonde d'Aquitaine, Brown Swiss, Belted Galloway, cattalo or catalo, Charolais or Charollais, Devon, dexter, Durham, Friesian, Galloway, Gelbvieh, Guernsey, Hereford, Highland, Holstein, Illawarra, Jersey, Kerry, kyloe, Limousin, longhorn, Meuse-Rhine-Ijssel, Normandy, Norwegian Red, Red Poll or Red Polled, Santa Gertrudis, shorthorn, Simmental, Sussex, Texas longhorn

Cattle and other artiodactyls addax, alpaca or alpacca, antelope, aoudad, argali or argal, ariel, axis (plural axises) or chital, babirusa, Bactrian camel, bharal, bison, blacktail, blaubok, blesbok, boar, boer goat, bongo, bontebok, brocket, bubal or bubalis, buffalo, bull

see breeds of cattle, breeds of cattle, breeds of cattle, breeds of pig, breeds of sheep bushbuck or boschbok, bushpig, camel or (Anglo-Indian) oont, Cape buffalo, caribou, chamois or izard, chevrotain or mouse deer, Chinese water deer, cow, deer, dik-dik, dromedary, duiker or duyker, eland, elk, gaur, gayal, gazelle, gemsbok, gerenuk, giraffe or (obsolete) camelopard, gnu, goa, goat, goral, grysbok, guanaco, harnessed antelope, hartebeest or hartbeest, hippopotamus, ibex, impala, Jacob or Jacob sheep, karakul or caracul, Kashmir goat, klipspringer, kob, kongoni, kouprey, kudu or koodoo, llama, markhor or markhoor, marshbuck, moose, mouflon or moufflon, mountain goat, mule deer, muntjac, muntjak, or barking deer, musk deer, nilgai, nilghau, or nylghau, nyala, okapi, oribi, oryx, ox, peccary, Père David's deer, pig, pronghorn, pudu, razorback, red deer, reedbuck or nagor, reindeer, rhebok or reebok, Rocky Mountain goat, roe deer, sable antelope, saiga, sambar or sambur, sassaby, serow, sheep or (Austral. slang) jumbuck, sika, springbok, stag, steenbok, tahr or thar, takin, vicuña or vicuna, wapiti, wart hog, waterbuck, water buffalo, water ox, or carabao, white-tailed deer, wild boar, wildebeest, yak, zebu, zo or zho, or dzo

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

مَوَاشمَواشٍ، بَقَرٌ

dobytekskottur domácí

kvægkreatur

Vieh Kühe Rinder Rindvieh

βοοειδή

ganadoganado (vacuno)

kariloomadveised

karjanautanautakarja

bétail

stoka

szarvasmarha

nautgripir

bestiame bovini

畜牛

가축

galvijai

liellopi

быдло скот крупный рогатый скот

govedo

boskap

วัวควาย

davar sığır

gia súc

家养牲畜牛牛群

cattle

[ˈkætl]

A. NPL → ganado msing

B. CPD cattle breeder N → criador(a) m/f de ganado
cattle breeding N → crianza f de ganado
cattle crossing N → paso m de ganado
cattle drive N (US) → recogida f de ganado
cattle egret N → garcilla f bueyera
cattle grid N (Brit) → rejilla f de retención (de ganado)
cattle market N → mercado m ganadero or de ganado; (also fig) → feria f de ganado
cattle prod N → picana f
cattle raising N → ganadería f
cattle ranch N → finca f ganadera, estancia f (LAm)
cattle rustler N (US) → ladrón m de ganado, cuatrero m
cattle shed N → establo m
cattle show N → feria f de ganado
cattle truck N (Aut) → camión m de ganado (Brit) (Rail) → vagón m para ganado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cattle

[ˈkæt^əl] npl → bétail m, bestiaux mplcattle breeder n → éleveur m de bétailcattle farm n → élevage m de bétailcattle grid n (British) grille à même la route permettant aux voitures mais non au bétail de passercattle guard n (US) grille à même la route permettant aux voitures mais non au bétail de passer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cattle

pl → Rind(vieh) nt; 500 head of cattle → 500 Rinder, 500 Stück Vieh; “cattle crossing” → „Vorsicht Viehtrieb!“; they were treated like cattle → sie wurden wie Vieh behandelt

cattle

cattle breeding

n → Rinderzucht f

cattle car

n (US Rail) → Viehwaggon m

cattle-grid

n → Weidenrost m, → Viehtor nt

cattleman

n → Rinderzüchter m

cattle market

n (lit) → Viehmarkt m; (fig inf) (= beauty contest etc) → Fleischbeschau f (inf); (for pick-ups) → Abschleppladen m (inf)

cattle prod

n → Knüppel m → zum Viehtreiben

cattle range

n → Weideland nt, → Viehtrift f

cattle rustler

n → Viehdieb m

cattle shed

n → Viehstall m

cattle show

n → Rinder(zucht)schau f

cattle truck

n (Aut) → Viehanhänger m; (Rail) → Viehwagen m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cattle

[ˈkætl] npl → bestiame m

cattle

(ˈkӕtl) noun plural

grass-eating animals, especially cows, bulls and oxen. That farmer does not keep sheep but he keeps several breeds of cattle.

cattle

→ مَوَاش dobytek kvæg Vieh βοοειδή ganado karja bétail stoka bestiame 畜牛 가축 vee kveg bydło gado крупный рогатый скот boskap วัวควาย davar gia súc 牛群

References in classic literature ?

As it chanced, a rich man of a neighbouring tribe had lost some cattle, and came with gifts to Noma praying him to smell them out.

"Peace, and let me see if my snake will tell me where the cattle are."

View in context

Then Hermes made designs on Apollo's herd of cattle which were grazing in the same place as the cattle of Admetus.

View in context

In the distance there was heard again the lowing of the cattle, a sound as of a far-off ocean calling.

View in context

'You will take care of the cattle, won't you?' asked the old man, creeping into the sack, which Little Klaus fastened up and then went on with the cows and oxen.

View in context

THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.

View in context

So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer's cattle and caused him severe loss.

View in context

In the Book of the Dun Cow, and in another old book called the Book of Leinster, there is written the great Irish legend called the Tain Bo Chuailgne or the Cattle Raid of Cooley.

View in context

One dark night we were surrounded by numerous seals and penguins, which made such strange noises, that the officer on watch reported he could hear the cattle bellowing on shore.

View in context

But my mama, she want Ambrosch for be rich, with many cattle.'

View in context

Because I cannot understand how it is, that while the Egyptian mummies that were buried thousands of years before even Pliny was born, do not measure so much in their coffins as a modern Kentuckian in his socks; and while the cattle and other animals sculptured on the oldest Egyptian and Nineveh tablets, by the relative proportions in which they are drawn, just as plainly prove that the high-bred, stall-fed, prize cattle of Smithfield, not only equal, but far exceed in magnitude the fattest of Pharaoh's fat kine; in the face of all this, I will not admit that of all animals the whale alone should have degenerated.

View in context

Still more striking is the evidence from our domestic animals of many kinds which have run wild in several parts of the world: if the statements of the rate of increase of slow-breeding cattle and horses in South America, and latterly in Australia, had not been well authenticated, they would have been quite incredible.

View in context

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close