caprine

See also: capriné

English

Pronunciation

• Most commonly IPA^(key): /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/; sometimes IPA^(key): /ˈkæpˌɹin/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. By surface analysis, Capr(a) +‎ -ine or Capr(inae) +‎ -ine.

Alternative forms

• caprinic

Adjective

caprine (comparative more caprine, superlative most caprine)

1. Of or relating to Capra (goats).

   Coordinate term: ovine

2. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives): caprid.

   Hyponym: ovine

3. Goatlike: goatish; goaty.

Related terms

• caper
• Capricorn
• cab

See also

• haedine
• hircine

Noun

caprine (plural caprines)

1. Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
   • 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77,

     By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines, while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).

   • 2010, Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies, page 47:

     For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.

   • 2011, Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East, page 123:

     Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 105:

     The caprines (a group that includes the goats, sheep and ibex) originated about 11 million years ago in either Africa or Europe, the earliest fossils coming from Africa and Greece.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 羊 (zh) (yáng) French: capriné (fr) m

See also

• Goat-antelope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• caprid
• ovine
• Caprini (tribe within subfamily Caprinae)

Etymology 2

Noun

caprine (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of caprin.

Anagrams

• Pricean, encarpi

French

Adjective

caprine

1. feminine singular of caprin

Italian

Adjective

caprine

1. feminine plural of caprino

Anagrams

• capirne, carpine, encarpi

Latin

Adjective

caprīne

1. vocative masculine singular of caprīnus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈprine]

Noun

caprine f

1. inflection of caprină:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular