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href="#Hyponyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.4</span> <span>Hyponyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hyponyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.5</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.6</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.7</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Verb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.1</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hypernyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hypernyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.2</span> <span>Hypernyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hypernyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Huave" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Huave"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Huave</span> </div> 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hreflang="ar" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="cow" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow" title="cow – Chinese" lang="zh" 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has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cow_(disambiguation)" class="extiw" title="w:cow (disambiguation)">cow (disambiguation)</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cow_(disambiguation)" class="extiw" title="w:cow (disambiguation)">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 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English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-semicolon qualifier-semicolon">;</span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><span class="ib-quote qualifier-quote">“</span>a cow<span class="ib-quote qualifier-quote">”</span></i><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-uk-a_cow.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/En-uk-a_cow.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-uk-a_cow.ogg/En-uk-a_cow.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-uk-a_cow.ogg" title="File:en-uk-a cow.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-cow.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-us-cow.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-us-cow.ogg/En-us-cow.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-cow.ogg" title="File:en-us-cow.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/a%CA%8A" title="Rhymes:English/aʊ"><span class="IPA">-aʊ</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG/220px-Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG/330px-Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG/440px-Koe_in_weiland_bij_Gorssel.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="1078" /></a><figcaption><span class="Latn" lang="en">A <b>cow</b> eats <a href="/wiki/grass#English" title="grass">grass</a>.</span></figcaption></figure> <ul id="English:_Bos_taurus"></ul><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r80869814">.mw-parser-output .etytree{width:max-content;max-width:100%;overflow:hidden;box-sizing:border-box}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .etytree{min-width:min-content}@media screen and 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title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷṓws">*gʷṓws</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Proto-Germanic</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/k%C5%8Dz#Proto-Germanic:_cow" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kōz">*kōz</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Proto-West Germanic</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/k%C5%8D#Proto-West_Germanic:_cow" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kō">*kō</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Old English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cu#Old_English:_cow" title="cu">cū</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">Middle English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/cou#Middle_English:_cow" title="cou">cou</a></i></span></div><span style="position:relative;height:20px;border-right:2px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e)"></span><div style="position:relative;text-align:center;padding:5px 10px;background:var(--wikt-palette-beige,#fffbf2);color:inherit;border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#ccc);border-radius:4px"><span style="display:inline-block" class="etyl">English</span> <span style="display:inline-block"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><b>cow</b></i></span></div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/cou#Middle_English" title="cou">cou</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/cu#Middle_English" title="cu">cu</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cu#Old_English" title="cu">cū</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/k%C5%8D" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kō">*kō</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/k%C5%8Dz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kōz">*kōz</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/g%CA%B7%E1%B9%93ws" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷṓws">*gʷṓws</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p><p>Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" class="extiw" title="w:Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a></span> <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8C#Sanskrit" title="गौ">गौ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">gow</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="βοῦς">βοῦς</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">boûs</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Persian language">Persian</a></span> <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%88#Persian" title="گاو">گاو</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">gâv</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>), <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Latvian language">Latvian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/govs#Latvian" title="govs">govs</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Proto-Slavic <i class="Latn mention" lang="sla-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gov%C4%99do" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govędo">*govędo</a></i> (Serbo-Croatian <i class="Latn mention" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/govedo#Serbo-Croatian" title="govedo">govedo</a></i>, Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0#Russian" title="говядина">говядина</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">govjadina</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">beef</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" class="extiw" title="w:Scots language">Scots</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/coo#Scots" title="coo">coo</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:North Frisian language">North Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ko#North_Frisian" title="ko">ko</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%B8#North_Frisian" title="kø">kø</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/ko#West_Frisian" title="ko">ko</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/koe#Dutch" title="koe">koe</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a href="/wiki/Koh#Low_German" title="Koh">Koh, Koo, Kau</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kuh#German" title="Kuh">Kuh</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/ko#Swedish" title="ko">ko</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Norwegian language">Norwegian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/ku#Norwegian" title="ku">ku</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%BDr#Icelandic" title="kýr">kýr</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/bos#Latin" title="bos">bōs</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">ox, bull, cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Armenian language">Armenian</a></span> <i class="Armn mention" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BE#Armenian" title="կով">կով</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">kov</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beef#English" title="beef">beef</a></i>. </p><p>The plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kine#English" title="kine">kine</a></i> is from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kyne#Middle_English" title="kyne">kyne</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kyn#Middle_English" title="kyn">kyn</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kuin#Middle_English" title="kuin">kuin</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kiin#Middle_English" title="kiin">kiin</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kien#Middle_English" title="kien">kien</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cows</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, either a double plural of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ky#Middle_English" title="ky">ky</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/kye#Middle_English" title="kye">kye</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cows</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, equivalent to modern <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kye#English" title="kye">kye</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-en#English" title="-en">-en</a></i>, or inherited from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cyna#Old_English" title="cyna">cȳna</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cows', of cows</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, genitive plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cu#Old_English" title="cu">cū</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/14px-Wikipedia-logo.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/21px-Wikipedia-logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/28px-Wikipedia-logo.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 15px;">  <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cow" class="extiw" title="w:cow">cow</a></b> on Wikipedia</div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">cow</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cattle#English" title="cattle">cattle</a></b> <i>or</i> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">archaic or dialectal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kine#English" title="kine">kine</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_female_Bos" lang="en" data-id="female Bos"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#strictly" title="Appendix:Glossary">strictly</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/adult" title="adult">adult</a> <a href="/wiki/female" title="female">female</a> of the <a href="/wiki/species" title="species">species</a> <span class="biota"><a href="/wiki/Bos_taurus#Translingual" title="Bos taurus"><i>Bos taurus</i></a></span>, especially one that has <a href="/wiki/calved" title="calved">calved</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms hyponym"><span class="defdate">Hyponyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dairy_cow#English" title="dairy cow">dairy cow</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milk_cow#English" title="milk cow">milk cow</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate terms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bull#English" title="bull">bull</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bullock#English" title="bullock">bullock</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/calf#English" title="calf">calf</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/heifer#English" title="heifer">heifer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/heiferette#English" title="heiferette">heiferette</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The whole herd is out to pasture right now — the <b>cows</b>, calves, and heifers are out back, and the bulls are down by the creek.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_any_Bos" lang="en" data-id="any Bos"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loosely" title="Appendix:Glossary">loosely</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Any member of the species <span class="biota"><a href="/wiki/Bos_taurus#Translingual" title="Bos taurus"><i>Bos taurus</i></a></span> regardless of <a href="/wiki/sex" title="sex">sex</a> or <a href="/wiki/age" title="age">age</a>, including <a href="/wiki/bull" title="bull">bulls</a> and <a href="/wiki/calf" title="calf">calves</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cattle_beast#English" title="cattle beast">cattle beast</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">We saw lots of <b>cows</b> at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_beef" lang="en" data-id="beef"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncommon" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncommon</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/beef" title="beef">Beef</a>: the <a href="/wiki/meat" title="meat">meat</a> of cattle as <a href="/wiki/food" title="food">food</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The only meat I eat is <b>cow</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_any_bovid" lang="en" data-id="any bovid"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncommon" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncommon</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Any <a href="/wiki/bovine" title="bovine">bovines</a> or <a href="/wiki/bovid" title="bovid">bovids</a> generally, including <a href="/wiki/yak" title="yak">yaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/buffalo" title="buffalo">buffalo</a>, etc.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_female_of_any_of_various_mammalian_species" lang="en" data-id="female of any of various mammalian species"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/biology" title="biology">biology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A female member of other large species of <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a>, including the bovines, <a href="/wiki/moose" title="moose">moose</a>, <a href="/wiki/whale" title="whale">whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/seal" title="seal">seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/hippo" title="hippo">hippos</a>, <a href="/wiki/rhino" title="rhino">rhinos</a>, <a href="/wiki/manatee" title="manatee">manatees</a>, and <a href="/wiki/elephant" title="elephant">elephants</a>.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_woman,_derogatorily" lang="en" data-id="woman, derogatorily"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/derogatory" title="derogatory">derogatory</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a> considered <a href="/wiki/unpleasant" title="unpleasant">unpleasant</a> in some way, particularly one considered <a href="/wiki/nasty" title="nasty">nasty</a>, <a href="/wiki/stupid" title="stupid">stupid</a>, <a href="/wiki/fat" title="fat">fat</a>, <a href="/wiki/lazy" title="lazy">lazy</a>, or <a href="/wiki/difficult" title="difficult">difficult</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1933</b> January 9, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell" class="extiw" title="w:George Orwell">George Orwell</a> [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXII, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London" class="extiw" title="w:Down and Out in Paris and London">Down and Out in Paris and London</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd" class="extiw" title="w:Victor Gollancz Ltd">Victor Gollancz</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="14 Henrietta Street Covent Garden">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/2603818">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "<b>cow</b>"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1990</b></span>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_(UK_TV_show)" class="extiw" title="w:House of Cards (UK TV show)">House of Cards</a></cite>, Season 1, Episode 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><i>Greville Preston:</i> You've been set up, you silly <b>cow</b>. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's <a href="/wiki/kosher#English" title="kosher">kosher</a>...<br /><i>Mattie Storin:</i> <a href="/wiki/pig#English" title="pig">Pig</a>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2014</b> December 5, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Hyde" class="extiw" title="w:Marina Hyde">Marina Hyde</a>, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" class="extiw" title="w:The Guardian">The Guardian</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/05/childbirth-postnatal-care-birth-hospital-cuts">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy <b>cow</b> about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_chock" lang="en" data-id="chock"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/mining#Noun" title="mining">mining</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/chock" title="chock">chock</a>: a <a href="/wiki/wedge" title="wedge">wedge</a> or <a href="/wiki/brake" title="brake">brake</a> used to stop a <a href="/wiki/machine" title="machine">machine</a> or <a href="/wiki/car" title="car">car</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate term:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dog#English" title="dog">dog</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/military" title="military">military</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A third-year <a href="/wiki/cadet" title="cadet">cadet</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point" title="West Point">West Point</a>. <ul><li>Colonel Red Reeder, <i>West Point Second Classman</i> <dl><dd>An assistant manager, wearing the stripes of a cadet corporal, walked up to Coach Smith. Clint knew him, a <b>Cow</b> from B-l. What had he done to become so outstanding that the Tacs made him a corporal?</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2023</b></span>, James E Parco, David A Levy, Daphne DePorres, <cite>Attitudes Aren't Free: A Call to Action</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">242</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When I was a <b>cow</b> (junior) at West Point, I dated a plebe (freshman), which is considered fraternization in the cadet realm.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/fishing#Noun" title="fishing">fishing</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large <a href="/wiki/striped_bass" title="striped bass">striped bass</a> or large <a href="/wiki/bluefin_tuna" title="bluefin tuna">bluefin tuna</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></i> is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cattle#English" title="cattle">cattle</a></i> is used in a more collective sense. The <a href="/wiki/umlaut" title="umlaut">umlaut</a> plurals <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kee#English" title="kee">kee</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kie#English" title="kie">kie</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kine#English" title="kine">kine</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ky#English" title="ky">ky</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kye#English" title="kye">kye</a></i> are archaic or dialectal, and are not in common use.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">derogatory: despicable woman</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bitch#English" title="bitch">bitch</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female animal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female bovine</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moo-cow#English" title="moo-cow">moo-cow</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="/wiki/baby_talk" title="baby talk">child-directed speech</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female dolphin</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dolphinet#English" title="dolphinet">dolphinet</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">archaic</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal: anything annoyingly difficult</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bastard#English" title="bastard">bastard</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bitch#English" title="bitch">bitch</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bugger#English" title="bugger">bugger</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">UK</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female domesticated ox or other bovine</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bull#English" title="bull">bull</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">male, uncastrated</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <a href="/wiki/ox" title="ox">ox</a> or <a href="/wiki/steer" title="steer">steer</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">male, castrated</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <a href="/wiki/heifer" title="heifer">heifer</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female, immature</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hyponyms">Hyponyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hyponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">young or little</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlet#English" title="cowlet">cowlet</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowling#English" title="cowling">cowling</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dairy</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dairy_cow#English" title="dairy cow">dairy cow</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milk_cow#English" title="milk cow">milk cow</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ant_cow#English" title="ant cow">ant cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/anticow#English" title="anticow">anticow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bell_cow#English" title="bell cow">bell cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/black_cow#English" title="black cow">black cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bull_and_cow#English" title="bull and cow">bull and cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bulls_and_cows#English" title="bulls and cows">bulls and cows</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bush_cow#English" title="bush cow">bush cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cash_cow#English" title="cash cow">cash cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cat-cow#English" title="cat-cow">cat-cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowback#English" title="cowback">cowback</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowbane#English" title="cowbane">cowbane</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowbarn#English" title="cowbarn">cowbarn</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowbell#English" title="cowbell">cowbell</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_bell#English" title="cow bell">cow bell</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_belt#English" title="cow belt">cow belt</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowberry#English" title="cowberry">cowberry</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_bingo#English" title="cow bingo">cow bingo</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowbird#English" title="cowbird">cowbird</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_bite#English" title="cow bite">cow bite</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_blowing#English" title="cow blowing">cow blowing</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowboy#English" title="cowboy">cowboy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_catcher#English" title="cow catcher">cow catcher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowcatcher#English" title="cowcatcher">cowcatcher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowchild#English" title="cowchild">cowchild</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_chip#English" title="cow chip">cow chip</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-chip#English" title="cow-chip">cow-chip</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-clicker#English" title="cow-clicker">cow-clicker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_cocky#English" title="cow cocky">cow cocky</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_cod_soup#English" title="cow cod soup">cow cod soup</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_college#English" title="cow college">cow college</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_corner#English" title="cow corner">cow corner</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_creamer#English" title="cow creamer">cow creamer</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowdom#English" title="cowdom">cowdom</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_dung#English" title="cow dung">cow dung</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowdung#English" title="cowdung">cowdung</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-dung#English" title="cow-dung">cow-dung</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_elephant#English" title="cow elephant">cow elephant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-eyed#English" title="cow-eyed">cow-eyed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_eyes#English" title="cow eyes">cow eyes</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowfinch#English" title="cowfinch">cowfinch</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowfish#English" title="cowfish">cowfish</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowflesh#English" title="cowflesh">cowflesh</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowfoot#English" title="cowfoot">cowfoot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowfucker#English" title="cowfucker">cowfucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowgal#English" title="cowgal">cowgal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowgirl#English" title="cowgirl">cowgirl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_grease#English" title="cow grease">cow grease</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_gum#English" title="cow gum">cow gum</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowhand#English" title="cowhand">cowhand</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_handed#English" title="cow handed">cow handed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-handed#English" title="cow-handed">cow-handed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-hearted#English" title="cow-hearted">cow-hearted</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowhearted#English" title="cowhearted">cowhearted</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowheel#English" title="cowheel">cowheel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowherb#English" title="cowherb">cowherb</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowherd#English" title="cowherd">cowherd</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowherder#English" title="cowherder">cowherder</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowhide#English" title="cowhide">cowhide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_hitch#English" title="cow hitch">cow hitch</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-hocked#English" title="cow-hocked">cow-hocked</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowhouse#English" title="cowhouse">cowhouse</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowish#English" title="cowish">cowish</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_juice#English" title="cow juice">cow juice</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowkeeper#English" title="cowkeeper">cowkeeper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_killer#English" title="cow killer">cow killer</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowleech#English" title="cowleech">cowleech</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowless#English" title="cowless">cowless</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlet#English" title="cowlet">cowlet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlick#English" title="cowlick">cowlick</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlift#English" title="cowlift">cowlift</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlike#English" title="cowlike">cowlike</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowling#English" title="cowling">cowling</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowlot#English" title="cowlot">cowlot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_magnet#English" title="cow magnet">cow magnet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowman#English" title="cowman">cowman</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_meat#English" title="cow meat">cow meat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowmilk#English" title="cowmilk">cowmilk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_milk#English" title="cow milk">cow milk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow%27s_milk#English" title="cow's milk">cow's milk</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-mother#English" title="cow-mother">cow-mother</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowness#English" title="cowness">cowness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cownose#English" title="cownose">cownose</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-orker#English" title="cow-orker">cow-orker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_parsley#English" title="cow parsley">cow parsley</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_parsnip#English" title="cow parsnip">cow parsnip</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-pat#English" title="cow-pat">cow-pat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpat#English" title="cowpat">cowpat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_pat#English" title="cow pat">cow pat</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_patty#English" title="cow patty">cow patty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpath#English" title="cowpath">cowpath</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpea#English" title="cowpea">cowpea</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowperson#English" title="cowperson">cowperson</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpie#English" title="cowpie">cowpie</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_pie#English" title="cow pie">cow pie</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-pilot#English" title="cow-pilot">cow-pilot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpiss#English" title="cowpiss">cowpiss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowplop#English" title="cowplop">cowplop</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpock#English" title="cowpock">cowpock</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpoke#English" title="cowpoke">cowpoke</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpony#English" title="cowpony">cowpony</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_pony#English" title="cow pony">cow pony</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpool#English" title="cowpool">cowpool</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_pool#English" title="cow pool">cow pool</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpooling#English" title="cowpooling">cowpooling</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpox#English" title="cowpox">cowpox</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowproof#English" title="cowproof">cowproof</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpuncher#English" title="cowpuncher">cowpuncher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-puncher#English" title="cow-puncher">cow-puncher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpunching#English" title="cowpunching">cowpunching</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowpunk#English" title="cowpunk">cowpunk</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_pusher#English" title="cow pusher">cow pusher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowquake#English" title="cowquake">cowquake</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows_and_bulls#English" title="cows and bulls">cows and bulls</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowsense#English" title="cowsense">cowsense</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_shark#English" title="cow shark">cow shark</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowshed#English" title="cowshed">cowshed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowshit#English" title="cowshit">cowshit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_shot#English" title="cow shot">cow shot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowskin#English" title="cowskin">cowskin</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow%27s_lungwort#English" title="cow's lungwort">cow's lungwort</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_sociology#English" title="cow sociology">cow sociology</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowstall#English" title="cowstall">cowstall</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_stall#English" title="cow stall">cow stall</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowstealer#English" title="cowstealer">cowstealer</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_sucker#English" title="cow sucker">cow sucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowtail#English" title="cowtail">cowtail</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-tastrophe#English" title="cow-tastrophe">cow-tastrophe</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowtastrophe#English" title="cowtastrophe">cowtastrophe</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_tipping#English" title="cow tipping">cow tipping</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Cowtown#English" title="Cowtown">Cowtown</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowtown#English" title="cowtown">cowtown</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_town#English" title="cow town">cow town</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-tree#English" title="cow-tree">cow-tree</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_tree#English" title="cow tree">cow tree</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowturd#English" title="cowturd">cowturd</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_urine#English" title="cow urine">cow urine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_vetch#English" title="cow vetch">cow vetch</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow_weed#English" title="cow weed">cow weed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cow-wheat#English" title="cow-wheat">cow-wheat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowy#English" title="cowy">cowy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowyard#English" title="cowyard">cowyard</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dairy_cow#English" title="dairy cow">dairy cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dark_as_the_inside_of_a_cow#English" title="dark as the inside of a cow">dark as the inside of a cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dogcow#English" title="dogcow">dogcow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/frozen_cow_juice#English" title="frozen cow juice">frozen cow juice</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gentleman_cow#English" title="gentleman cow">gentleman cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/have_a_cow#English" title="have a cow">have a cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hay_is_for_horses_and_cows#English" title="hay is for horses and cows">hay is for horses and cows</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Highland_cow#English" title="Highland cow">Highland cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/holy_cow#English" title="holy cow">holy cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/how_the_cow_ate_the_cabbage#English" title="how the cow ate the cabbage">how the cow ate the cabbage</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hucow#English" title="hucow">hucow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/in_two_shakes_of_a_cow%27s_tail#English" title="in two shakes of a cow's tail">in two shakes of a cow's tail</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_crab#English" title="Japanese crab">Japanese crab</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kill-cow#English" title="kill-cow">kill-cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/killcow#English" title="killcow">killcow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/like_a_cow_on_a_flat_rock#English" title="like a cow on a flat rock">like a cow on a flat rock</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/like_a_cow_pissing_on_a_flat_rock#English" title="like a cow pissing on a flat rock">like a cow pissing on a flat rock</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lolcow#English" title="lolcow">lolcow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mad_cow_disease#English" title="mad cow disease">mad cow disease</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mad_cow#English" title="mad cow">mad cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mercow#English" title="mercow">mercow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milch_cow#English" title="milch cow">milch cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/milk_cow#English" title="milk cow">milk cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moly_cow#English" title="moly cow">moly cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moo-cow#English" title="moo-cow">moo-cow</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moo_cow#English" title="moo cow">moo cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nearly_never_bulled_a_cow#English" title="nearly never bulled a cow">nearly never bulled a cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/noncow#English" title="noncow">noncow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paddyfields_crab#English" title="paddyfields crab">paddyfields crab</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sacred_cow#English" title="sacred cow">sacred cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sea_cow#English" title="sea cow">sea cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sea-cow#English" title="sea-cow">sea-cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/spherical_cow#English" title="spherical cow">spherical cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/springing_cow#English" title="springing cow">springing cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_cow#English" title="Steller's sea cow">Steller's sea cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/supercow#English" title="supercow">supercow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/technetium_cow#English" title="technetium cow">technetium cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_cow_knows_not_the_worth_of_its_tail_till_it_loses_it#English" title="the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it">the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/till_the_cow_come_home#English" title="till the cow come home">till the cow come home</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tuna_crab#English" title="tuna crab">tuna crab</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tune_the_old_cow_died_of#English" title="tune the old cow died of">tune the old cow died of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/uncowable#English" title="uncowable">uncowable</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/until_the_cows_come_home#English" title="until the cows come home">until the cows come home</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/werecow#English" title="werecow">werecow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/why_buy_the_cow_when_you_can_get_the_milk_for_free#English" title="why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free">why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/worricow#English" title="worricow">worricow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/yakow#English" title="yakow">yakow</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sranan Tongo: <span class="Latn" lang="srn"><a href="/wiki/kaw#Sranan_Tongo" title="kaw">kaw</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Tok Pisin: <span class="Latn" lang="tpi"><a href="/wiki/kau#Tok_Pisin" title="kau">kau</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Abenaki: <span class="Latn" lang="abe"><a href="/wiki/kaoz#Abenaki" title="kaoz">kaoz</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">from <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></i></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/kau#Maori" title="kau">kau</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">See <a href="/wiki/cow/translations#Noun" title="cow/translations">cow/translations § Noun</a>.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sequenced_animal_genomes" title="w:List of sequenced animal genomes"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/15px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/23px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/30px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sequenced_animal_genomes" class="extiw" title="w:List of sequenced animal genomes">List of sequenced animal genomes</a></b> on Wikipedia.<span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sequenced_animal_genomes" class="extiw" title="w:List of sequenced animal genomes">Wikipedia </a></span></li></ul> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beef#English" title="beef">beef</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bovine#English" title="bovine">bovine</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bull#English" title="bull">bull</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/calf#English" title="calf">calf</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cattle#English" title="cattle">cattle</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/heifer#English" title="heifer">heifer</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/steer#English" title="steer">steer</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/low#English" title="low">low</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moo#English" title="moo">moo</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ox#English" title="ox">ox</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/veal#English" title="veal">veal</a></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Probably from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%BAga#Old_Norse" title="kúga">kúga</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to oppress</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (whence also <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Norwegian language">Norwegian</a></span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/kue#Danish" title="kue">kue</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kuva#Swedish" title="kuva">kuva</a></i>); compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%BAfa#Icelandic" title="kúfa">kúfa</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to set on top</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Faroese language">Faroese</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%BAga#Faroese" title="kúga">kúga</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to oppress</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">cow</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowing#English" title="cowing">cowing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowed#English" title="cowed">cowed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_intimidate" lang="en" data-id="intimidate"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> chiefly in the passive voice</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/intimidate" title="intimidate">intimidate</a>; to daunt the spirits or courage of. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <i>see</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:intimidate#English" title="Thesaurus:intimidate">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">intimidate</span></a></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Con artists are not <b>cowed</b> by the law.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1711</b> September 22 (Gregorian calendar), [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Addison">Joseph Addison</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Steele" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Steele">Richard Steele</a> <i>et al.</i>], “TUESDAY, September 11, 1711”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator_(1711)" class="extiw" title="w:The Spectator (1711)">The Spectator</a></cite>, number <span class="None" lang="und">167</span>; republished in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Chalmers" class="extiw" title="w:Alexander Chalmers">Alexander Chalmers</a>, editor, <cite>The Spectator; a New Edition,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Carefully Revised, in Six Volumes: With Prefaces Historical and Biographical">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, volume II, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Appleton_%26_Company" class="extiw" title="w:D. Appleton & Company">D[aniel] Appleton & Company</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1853</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/191120697">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924064948668/page/Steele/mode/1up">page Steele</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">To vanquish a people already <b>cowed</b>.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-footer"><span style="font-size:85%;">The spelling has been modernized.</span></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1923</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Maud_Montgomery" class="extiw" title="w:Lucy Maud Montgomery">Lucy Maud Montgomery</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Emily_of_New_Moon/Chapter_8" class="extiw" title="s:Emily of New Moon/Chapter 8">Chapter 8</a>”, in <cite>Emily of New Moon</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Emily looked across at the girl. Large, steady, purplish-grey eyes gazed into beady, twinkling, black ones—gazed unquailingly—with something in them that <b>cowed</b> and compelled. The black eyes wavered and fell, their owner covering her retreat with another giggle and toss of her short braid of hair.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowed#English" title="cowed">cowed</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowedly#English" title="cowedly">cowedly</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cowedness#English" title="cowedness">cowedness</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/uncowed#English" title="uncowed">uncowed</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_intimidate"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to intimidate <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see also </i></span><a href="/wiki/intimidate#Translations" title="intimidate">intimidate</a>,‎ <a href="/wiki/daunt#Translations" title="daunt">daunt</a></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to intimidate"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="сплашвам (page does not exist)">сплашвам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:сплашвам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">splašvam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="укротявам (page does not exist)">укротявам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:укротявам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">ukrotjavam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%81%90%E5%9A%87#Mandarin" title="恐嚇">恐嚇</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%81%90%E5%90%93#Mandarin" title="恐吓">恐吓</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%81%90%E5%9A%87" class="extiw" title="zh:恐嚇">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">kǒnghè</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pelutama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pelutama (page does not exist)">pelutama</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=peletama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="peletama (page does not exist)">peletama</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/peletama" class="extiw" title="et:peletama">(et)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/hirmutama#Estonian" title="hirmutama">hirmutama</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/pelottaa#Finnish" title="pelottaa">pelottaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pelottaa" class="extiw" title="fi:pelottaa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93#Hebrew" title="הפחיד">הפחיד</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">hifkhíd</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/megf%C3%A9leml%C3%ADt#Hungarian" title="megfélemlít">megfélemlít</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megf%C3%A9leml%C3%ADt" class="extiw" title="hu:megfélemlít">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=elriaszt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="elriaszt (page does not exist)">elriaszt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/elriaszt" class="extiw" title="hu:elriaszt">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/intimidire#Italian" title="intimidire">intimidire</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/intimidire" class="extiw" title="it:intimidire">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E3%81%99#Japanese" title="威す">威す</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E3%81%99" class="extiw" title="ja:威す">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">おどす, odosu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E8%84%85%E8%BF%AB#Japanese" title="脅迫">脅迫する</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%84%85%E8%BF%AB" class="extiw" title="ja:脅迫">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">きょうはくする, kyōhaku suru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E8%84%85%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99#Japanese" title="脅かす">脅かす</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%84%85%E3%81%8B%E3%81%99" class="extiw" title="ja:脅かす">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">おびやかす, obiyakasu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/kue#Norwegian" title="kue">kue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/kue" class="extiw" title="no:kue">(no)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=underkue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="underkue (page does not exist)">underkue</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="запугивать">запу́гивать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:запугивать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zapúgivatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="запугать">запуга́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:запугать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zapugátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/intimidar#Spanish" title="intimidar">intimidar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/intimidar" class="extiw" title="es:intimidar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="залякувати">заля́кувати</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaljákuvaty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="залякати">заляка́ти</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaljakáty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">cow</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialect</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/chimney" title="chimney">chimney</a> <a href="/wiki/cowl" title="cowl">cowl</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1836</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" class="extiw" title="w:The Pickwick Papers">The Pickwick Papers</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the <b>cows</b> on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles; <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Etymology 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Clipping of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=AT2018cow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AT2018cow (page does not exist)">AT2018cow</a></i></span></span>. From the name of the archetypal event, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:AT2018cow" class="extiw" title="w:en:AT2018cow">AT2018cow</a>, an <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/LFBOT#English" title="LFBOT">LFBOT</a></i>. From being an astronomical <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transient#English" title="transient">transient</a></span> (AT) occurring in 2018, with an automatically assigned code to distinguish it from other events in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">cow</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cows#English" title="cows">cows</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/LFBOT#English" title="LFBOT">LFBOT</a></i>: <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Synonym of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=luminous_fast_blue_optical_transient&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="luminous fast blue optical transient (page does not exist)">luminous fast blue optical transient</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="term-list-header">instance of</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow-class_event&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cow-class event (page does not exist)">cow-class event</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow_event&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cow event (page does not exist)">cow event</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow-like_event&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cow-like event (page does not exist)">cow-like event</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/LFBOT#English" title="LFBOT">LFBOT</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=luminous_fast_blue_optical_transient&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="luminous fast blue optical transient (page does not exist)">luminous fast blue optical transient</a>)</span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">class of</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cow class (page does not exist)">cow class</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=luminous_fast_blue_optical_transient&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="luminous fast blue optical transient (page does not exist)">luminous fast blue optical transient</a> (<a href="/wiki/LFBOT#English" title="LFBOT">LFBOT</a>)</span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/FBOT#English" title="FBOT">FBOT</a> (<a href="/wiki/fast_blue_optical_transient#English" title="fast blue optical transient">fast blue optical transient</a>)</span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/CWO#English" title="CWO">CWO</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/OCW#English" title="OCW">OCW</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/WOC#English" title="WOC">WOC</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Huave">Huave</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Huave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="huv">cow</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/metate" title="metate">metate</a> (grinding stone)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="huv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=end_cow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="end cow (page does not exist)">end cow</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="huv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=owix_cow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="owix cow (page does not exist)">owix cow</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span 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lang="und">88, 252</span></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=cow&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">cow</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/cou#Middle_English" 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