ruminant
French, noun/ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/
ruminant is spelled R-U-M-I-N-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruminant is a French masculine noun meaning “ruminant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ruminer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal qui rumine”.
What does ruminant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ruminant
noun
- 1
masculineruminant
verb
- 1
present participle of ruminer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui rumine.
noun: 1. Animal qui rumine.
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 ruminant
- ruminante feminine
- ruminants masculine plural
- ruminantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruminant?
- /ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/
- \ʁy.mi.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruminant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruminant in French?
ruminant appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).