English Pronunciation kou, /kaʊ/, /kaU/ Noun cow (plural cows) a four-legged ruminant of the bovine genus. the female of several species of mammal, including bovines, whales, and elephants. (derogatory) a woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly or spiteful. Scientific name Bos taurus (1) Related terms cowboy cow catcher cowgirl cowherd cowpoke cowshed holy cow Translations Albanian: kau i egër Basque: behi Belarusian: жывела Breton: buoc’h f -ed pl, saout pl Bulgarian: скот, крава (skot, krava) Catalan: vaca f Chinese: 母牛 Croatian: krava Czech: kráva Danish: ko Dutch: koe f (1,2), domme koe f (3) Ekspreso: vakon Esperanto : bovino (bov´ in´o). Estonian: lehm Faroese: kúgv Finnish: lehmä French: vache f Frisian: ko Friulian: vacje Gallegan: vaca German: Kuh f Greek: αγελάδα Hebrew: פרה (Pa'ra) (1,3) Hungarian: tehén Icelandic: nautpeningur Indonesian: lembu Interlingua: vacca Irish: bo Italian: mucca f, vacca f Japanese: 牛 (うし, ushi) Korean: 소 (so) Ladin: vacia Latvian: liellopigovs Lithuanian: tauras Lower Sorbian: krowa Macedonian: крава (krava) Maltese: baqra Norwegian: oksedyr, kyr Occitan: vaca Polish: krowa Portuguese: vaca Romanian: vacă Romansh: vatga Romany: gurumni f Russian: скот (skot) Sami: burru, vuoksá; gussa (cow) Sardinian: bulu, óinu, bŕcchinu, bóinu; bacca, vacca Scottish: bo Serbian: крава (krava) Slovak: krava Slovenian: krava Spanish: vaca f Swedish: ko, kalv Tok Pisin: bulmakau (1), bulmakau meri (2) Turkish: sığır, inek Ukrainian: худоба (hudoba), бидло (bidlo) Upper Sorbian: howjado, kruwa Volapük: kun Welsh: buwch See also beef bull calf cattle ox veal Transitive verb to intimidate Con artists are not cowed by the law.
