bovines
French, adjective/bɔ.vin/
bovines is spelled B-O-V-I-N-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bovines is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine plural of bovin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bovines mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine plural of bovin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-famille au sein de la famille des bovidés, ruminants dont l’estomac comprend quatre poches et dotés de cornes frontales, représenté par 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 bovines
- boviné singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bovines?
- /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 bovines in French?
bovines appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).