COW - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
Categories: Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen, Bos taurus
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- • Cows produce more milk while listening to peaceful music.
- • There are nearly 1.5 million worldwide!
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
Categories: Placental, Placental mammal, Eutherian, Eutherian mammal
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
a large unpleasant woman
Categories: Unpleasant woman, Disagreeable woman
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "cow" comes from Old Norse kúga. It started in Old English cȳna. Then it appeared in Middle English kyne. Later, people used it in Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. After that, it was Proto-Germanic *kūz. Over time, it became Proto-West Germanic *kū. Finally, it reached Old English cū. It started in Middle English cou. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Sanskrit: गो
- Ancient Greek: βοῦς
- Persian: گاو
- Latvian: govs
- Scots: coo
- North Frisian: ko
- West Frisian: ko
- Dutch: koe
- Low German: Koh
- German: Kuh
- Swedish: ko
- Norwegian: ku
- Icelandic: kýr
- Latin: bōs
- Armenian: կով
- Middle English: ky
- Danish: kue
- Swedish: kuva
- Icelandic: kúfa
- Faroese: kúga
🔗 Related Words
kye – A related word in the same word family.
en – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
This word's path shows how empires, trade, and scholarship spread vocabulary across continents.