ruminant

From Latin rūmināns, rūmināntem, from rūminor (“chew the cud”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmɪnənt/

ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)

1. Chewing cud.
2. Pondering; ruminative.
   • G. K. Chesterton

     “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

ruminant (plural ruminants)

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

• See also Thesaurus:ruminant

• ruminate

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/

ruminant (feminine singular ruminante, masculine plural ruminants, feminine plural ruminantes)

1. ruminant

ruminant m (plural ruminants)

1. ruminant

ruminant

1. present participle of ruminer

• “ruminant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

rūminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rūminō