bovine
French, adjective/bɔ.vin/
bovine is spelled B-O-V-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bovine is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of bovin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bovine mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bovin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal de la sous-famille des bovinés, qui comprend le bœuf.
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 bovine
- bovinés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bovine?
- /bɔ.vin/
- \bɔ.vi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bovine in French?
bovine appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).