bovin
French, adjective/bɔ.vɛ̃/
bovin is spelled B-O-V-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bovin is a French adjective meaning “bovine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au bœuf et apparenté : les veaux, les vaches ou les taureaux”.
What does bovin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bovine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au bœuf et apparenté : les veaux, les vaches ou les taureaux. 2. Relatif à la tribu des Bovini, des mammifères de la famille des Bovidés regroupant les espèces de bœufs, de bisons, de buffles asiatiques et africains et le saola. 3. Qui tient des bovins.
noun: 1. Animal appartenant au taxon des bovinés (Bos taurus, buffle, yack, etc.) 2. Individu appartenant à l'espèce Bos taurus, c’est-à-dire la vache et le zébu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bovin
- bovine feminine
- bovins masculine plural
- bovines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bovin?
- /bɔ.vɛ̃/
- \bɔ.vɛ̃\
- [bɔ.vɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bovin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bovin in French?
bovin appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).