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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun

[ English

[ Etymology

Latin ruminare, to chew thee cud

[ Adjective

ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)

1. chewing cud

[ Translations

chewing cud

Danish: drøvtyggende Finnish: märehtivä German: wiederkäuend

Norwegian: drøvtyggende Portuguese: ruminante

[ Noun

Singular ruminant

Plural ruminants

ruminant (plural ruminants)

1. An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

[ Translations

artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud

Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 反刍动物 Traditional Chinese: 反芻動物 Pinyin: fanchi-dongwu Czech: přežvýkavec m. Danish: drøvtygger c. Dutch: herkauwer Finnish: märehtijä French: ruminant m., ruminante f. German: Wiederkäuer m. Greek: μηρυκαστικό (mērykastikó) Italian: ruminante

Japanese: Kanji: 反芻動物 Hiragana: はんすうどうぶつ Romaji: hansūtōbutsu Korean: 반추 동물 (banchu dongmur) Latin: ruminans nominative, ruminantis genitive Norwegian: drøvtygger m. Portuguese: ruminante m. and f. Russian: жевание жвачки (zhevaniye zhvachki) Spanish: rumiante m. and f. Swedish: idisslare

[ Related terms

• ruminate

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/
• SAMPA: /Ry.mi.nA~/

[ Adjective

ruminant

1. ruminant

[ Noun

ruminant

1. ruminant