equine

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equine

  • /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/ UK
  • /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/ UK
  • /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/ US
  • /ˈiˌkwaɪn/ US

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).

adjective more equine · most equine

  1. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses. He who believes that each equine species was independently created, will, I presume, assert that each species has been created with a tendency to vary, both under nature and under domestication, in this particular manner, so as often to become striped like other species of the genus; and that each h
  2. Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.

Similar: hippo-, horsey, horsy, horsely, horsen

noun equines

  1. Any horse or horselike animal of the subfammily Equinae, especially one of the genus Equus.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: equid, horse, roan, corner, equidae, sarcoids, horsy, horsely, hippic, horse-operatic, equestrian, turfy, animal, equinoctial, horian, equinoctal

adjective

Similar: hippo-, horsey, horsy, horsely, horsen

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Every language

adj of or relating to a horse or horses

Españolequino
한국어말의 mar-ui
日本語ウマの uma no
中文馬的 /马的 mǎ de
Portuguêsequino
Françaischevalin, équin, hippique
DeutschPferde-
Italianoequino
Românăcabalin
Русскийлошади́ный lošadínyj, ко́нский kónskij, ко́нный kónnyj
العربيةفَرَسِيّ farasiyy, خَيْلِيّ ḵayliyy

noun Any horse-like animal

Portuguêsequino
Românăcabalină

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@misc{equine_2026,
  title = {equine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/equine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}