bovine

Other forms of bovine

plural

bovines·

comparative

boviner·

superlative

bovinest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bovine

What does bovine mean?

bovine means "of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bovine?

bovine has 2 syllables: bo-vine. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈboʊˌvaɪn/.

What is another word for bovine?

Close synonyms include bovid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bovine a common word?

bovine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bovine?

3 words rhyme with bovine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.