mad cow

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

mad cow

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of mad cow disease.

noun mad cows

uncountable, usually Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
countable, usually A cow afflicted with mad cow disease.
uncountable, usually Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad, cow.

Translations

Every language

noun mad cow disease

Français	maladie de la vache folle, vache folle

noun cow afflicted with mad cow disease

Français	vache folle

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"mad cow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mad%20cow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mad cow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mad%20cow

Chicago

"mad cow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mad%20cow.

BibTeX

@misc{mad_cow_2026,
  title = {mad cow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mad%20cow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}