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bucolic

/bjuːˈkɒlɪk/byoo-KO-lik
/bjuˈkɑlɪk/byoo-KAH-lik

Meaningcowherd

Common meaning: relating to an idealised countryside

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gu-‘bellow, to low’source
  2. Greekboukolos‘cowherd’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftscowherd → pastoralbucolicus‘pastoral’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftspastoral → relating to an idealised countrysidebucolic‘relating to an idealised countryside’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek boukolos ‘cowherd’.

Source words

  • boukolos Greek · source word “cowherd”

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