cowboy

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English

Etymology

From cow +‎ boy. More on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/

Noun

cowboy (countable and uncountable, plural cowboys)

1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
4. (British, informal) A dishonest or incompetent independent tradesman.
5. (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
6. (uncountable) Short for cowboy pool.

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Descendants

Translations

See also

• cattleman
• buckaroo

Verb

cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)

1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
   • 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)

     Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Basque

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau̯boi̯/ [kau̯.β̞oi̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯boi̯

Noun

cowboy anim

1. cowboy

   Synonyms: unai, behizain

Declension

Further reading

• “cowboy”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Danish

Etymology

From cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔwbɔj/, [ˈkʰɒwˌb̥ʌj]

Noun

cowboy c (singular definite cowboyen, plural indefinite cowboys or cowboyer)

1. cowboy

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯.bɔi̯/
• Hyphenation: cow‧boy

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)

1. cowboy

Derived terms

• cowboyhoed
• cowboykapitalisme
• cowboylaars

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯boi̯/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯bo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑuboi

Noun

cowboy

1. cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)

Declension

Synonyms

• lehmipoika (humorous)
• karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “cowboy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.bɔj/, /ko.bɔj/

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, feminine cowgirl)

1. (rare) post-1990 spelling of cow-boy

Hungarian

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒuboj]
• Hyphenation: cow‧boy
• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

cowboy (plural cowboyok)

1. cowboy

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• cowboy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyer og indianere ― cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyar og indianarar ― cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cow‧boy

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

1. Alternative spelling of caubói

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboy)

1. cowboy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkauboi/ [ˈkau̯.β̞oi̯]
• Rhymes: -auboi

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

1. cowboy

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ̯bɔj/

Noun

cowboy c

1. a cowboy

   Synonyms: (humorous) cowboysare, (humorous) kobojsare

Declension

Derived terms

• cowboyboots
• cowboyhatt
• cowboys och indianer

See also

• duell
• indian
• saloon
• vilda västern (“the Wild West”)

References

• cowboy in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cowboy in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)