# bovine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbəʊ.vaɪn/ · frequency rank #28,470

## Definitions
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.
2. Belonging to the subfamily Bovinae.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *gʷṓws
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

## Easily confused with
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-bowie)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-brine)
- **boxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-boxing)
- **bowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-bowing)
- **byline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bovine-vs-byline)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-bovine)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-bovine)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boone-vs-bovine)
- **Boise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boise-vs-bovine)
- **boing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boing-vs-bovine)
- **bonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonne-vs-bovine)
- **Bodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodie-vs-bovine)
- **boring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boring-vs-bovine)
- **Boeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boeing-vs-bovine)
- **bourne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bourne-vs-bovine)
- **Blaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaine-vs-bovine)
- **booing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booing-vs-bovine)
- **bodice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bovine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbovine`, `boivne`, `bovien`, `bovinne`, `bovnie`, `bovvine`, `bvoine`, `obvine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bovine