cowboy

See also: Cowboy and cow-boy

English

Etymology

From cow +‎ boy. More on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

cowboy (countable and uncountable, plural cowboys)

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
  There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
(informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
(British, informal) A dishonest or incompetent independent tradesman.
(card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
(uncountable) Short for cowboy pool.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

cowgirl

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: cowboy
→ Dutch: cowboy
→ Estonian: kauboi
→ Finnish: cowboy
→ French: cow-boy, cowboy (rare, post-1990 spelling)
- → Vietnamese: cao bồi
→ German: Cowboy
→ Greek: καουμπόι (kaoumpói)
→ Hungarian: cowboy
→ Japanese: カウボーイ (kaubōi)
→ Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
→ Korean: 카우보이 (kauboi)
→ Mandarin: 牛仔 (niúzǎi) (calque)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy
→ Polish: kowboj
→ Portuguese: caubói, (Portugal) cobói, (unadapted form) cowboy
→ Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój)
- → Armenian: կովբոյ (kovboy)
→ Serbo-Croatian: kàuboj, ка̀убој
→ Spanish: cowboy
→ Swedish: cowboy
→ Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)

Translations

person who tends cattle

Albanian: lopçar (sq) m
Arabic: رَاعِي بَقَر m (rāʕī baqar), رَعَوِيّ الْبَقَر m (raʕawiyy al-baqar), بَقّار m (baqqār)
Armenian: կովբոյ (hy) (kovboy)
Azerbaijani: kovboy
Bashkir: көтөүсе (kötöwse)
Belarusian: пасту́х m (pastúx)
Bengali: রাখাল (bn) (rakhal)
Bulgarian: пасти́р (bg) m (pastír)
Catalan: vaquer (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 牧人 (muk⁶ jan⁴)

Mandarin: 牧人 (zh) (mùrén)
Cornish: bughwas m
Czech: kovboj m
Danish: cowboy c
Esperanto: vakero
Finnish: cowboy (fi) (in American West); karjapaimen (fi) (in general)
French: cow-boy (fr), cowboy (fr), vacher (fr)
German: Cowboy (de) m, Kuhhirte (de) m
Greek: αγελαδάρης (el) m (ageladáris)
Hebrew: בּוֹקֵר (he) m (boqér)
Hindi: काउबॉय m (kāubŏy), गोपाल (hi) m (gopāl)
Icelandic: kúreki (is) m
Irish: buachaill bó m
Italian: mandriano (it) m, vaccaio m, vaccaro m
Japanese: 牧人 (ja) (ぼくじん, bokujin), 牧夫 (ぼくふ, bokufu)
Kazakh: бақташы (baqtaşy), малшы (malşy), сиыршы (siyrşy), табыншы (tabynşy)
Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
Korean: 목자(牧者) (ko) (mokja)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: gavan (ku) m
Kyrgyz: кесерге (keserge)
Latin: bubulcus m
Macedonian: го́ведар m (góvedar), каубо́ец m (kaubóec) (of American cowboys), каубо́ј m (kaubój) (of American cowboys)
Malay: koboi
Maori: kaupoai, kaupoai
Marathi: काउबॉय m (kāubŏy)
Navajo: akałii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: cowboy m

Nynorsk: cowboy m
Persian: گاوچران (fa) (gâvčerân), کابوی (fa) (kâboy)
Polish: kowbojka (pl) f, kowboj (pl) m, kowboje m pl, kowbojki f pl
Portuguese: vaqueiro (pt) m, caubói (pt) m
Romanian: văcar (ro) m
Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), ковбо́й (ru) m (kovbój) (of American cowboys), га́учо (ru) m (gáučo) (of Argentinian cowboys)
Scots: coolad
Scottish Gaelic: gille-cruidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̀убој m

Roman: kàuboj (sh) m
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} kraviar m, ^{(please verify)} cowboy m
Spanish: vaquero (es) m, gaucho (es) m, huaso (es) m, llanero (es)
Swedish: cowboy (sv) c, cowboysare c (humorous), kobojsare c (humorous)
Tagalog: bakero
Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)
Turkish: kovboy (tr)
Ukrainian: пасту́х m (pastúx), корівни́к (uk) m (korivnýk)
Urdu: کاؤبای m (kāubāy), گوپال m (gopāl)
Uzbek: kovboy (uz)
Vietnamese: cao bồi (vi)
Welsh: cowboi m
Yiddish: קאַובוי m (kauboy), קאַובאָי m (kauboy)

man who identifies with cowboy culture

Bashkir: ковбой (kovboy)
Belarusian: каўбо́й m (kaŭbój)
Bulgarian: каубо́й m (kaubój)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 牛仔 (ngau⁴ zai²)

Mandarin: 牛仔 (zh) (niúzǎi)
Finnish: cowboy-fani
French: cowboy (fr) m, cow-boy (fr) m
German: Cowboy (de) m
Japanese: カウボーイ (ja) (kaubōi)
Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
Korean: 카우보이 (ko) (kauboi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kowboy (ku), kawboy (ku)
Macedonian: каубо́ец m (kaubóec), каубо́ј m (kaubój)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: cowboy m

Nynorsk: cowboy m
Portuguese: caubói (pt) m, peão (pt) m
Russian: ковбо́й (ru) m (kovbój)
Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)
Ukrainian: ковбо́й (uk) m (kovbój)

a dishonest and incompetent worker

Finnish: petkuttaja (fi), puijari
Greek: ατζαμής (el) m (atzamís)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: cowboy m

Nynorsk: cowboy m

one who engages in reckless behavior

Finnish: rämäpää (fi)
Portuguese: caubói (pt) m, machão (pt) m
Vietnamese: cao bồi (vi)

Verb

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

(intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
- 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history:
  Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
- 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.
- 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo:
  I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

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

cowboy
Synonyms: unai, behizain

Declension

Declension of cowboy (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	cowboy	cowboy-a	cowboy-ak
ergative	cowboy-k	cowboy-ak	cowboy-ek
dative	cowboy-ri	cowboy-ari	cowboy-ei
genitive	cowboy-ren	cowboy-aren	cowboy-en
comitative	cowboy-rekin	cowboy-arekin	cowboy-ekin
causative	cowboy-rengatik	cowboy-arengatik	cowboy-engatik
benefactive	cowboy-rentzat	cowboy-arentzat	cowboy-entzat
instrumental	cowboy-z	cowboy-az	cowboy-ez
inessive	cowboy-rengan	cowboy-arengan	cowboy-engan
locative	—	—	—
allative	cowboy-rengana	cowboy-arengana	cowboy-engana
terminative	cowboy-renganaino	cowboy-arenganaino	cowboy-enganaino
directive	cowboy-renganantz	cowboy-arenganantz	cowboy-enganantz
destinative	cowboy-renganako	cowboy-arenganako	cowboy-enganako
ablative	cowboy-rengandik	cowboy-arengandik	cowboy-engandik
partitive	cowboy-rik	—	—
prolative	cowboy-tzat	—	—

Danish

Etymology

From cowboy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔwbɔj/, [ˈkʰɒwˌb̥ʌj]

Noun

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

cowboy

Declension

Declension of cowboy

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cowboy	cowboyen	cowboys cowboyer	cowboyerne
genitive	cowboys	cowboyens	cowboys' cowboyers	cowboyernes

Derived terms

References

“cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)

cowboy

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cowboy

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

Declension

Inflection of cowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		cowboy	cowboyt
genitive		cowboyn	cowboyiden cowboyitten
partitive		cowboyta	cowboyita
illative		cowboyhin cowboyhyn	cowboyihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboy	cowboyt
accusative	nom.	cowboy	cowboyt
accusative	gen.	cowboyn	cowboyt
genitive		cowboyn	cowboyiden cowboyitten
partitive		cowboyta	cowboyita
inessive		cowboyssa	cowboyissa
elative		cowboysta	cowboyista
illative		cowboyhin cowboyhyn	cowboyihin
adessive		cowboylla	cowboyilla
ablative		cowboylta	cowboyilta
allative		cowboylle	cowboyille
essive		cowboyna	cowboyina
translative		cowboyksi	cowboyiksi
abessive		cowboytta	cowboyitta
instructive		—	cowboyin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboyni	cowboyni
accusative	nom.	cowboyni	cowboyni
accusative	gen.	cowboyni	cowboyni
genitive		cowboyni	cowboyideni cowboyitteni
partitive		cowboytani	cowboyitani
inessive		cowboyssani	cowboyissani
elative		cowboystani	cowboyistani
illative		cowboyhini cowboyhyni	cowboyihini
adessive		cowboyllani	cowboyillani
ablative		cowboyltani	cowboyiltani
allative		cowboylleni	cowboyilleni
essive		cowboynani	cowboyinani
translative		cowboykseni	cowboyikseni
abessive		cowboyttani	cowboyittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cowboyineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboysi	cowboysi
accusative	nom.	cowboysi	cowboysi
accusative	gen.	cowboysi	cowboysi
genitive		cowboysi	cowboyidesi cowboyittesi
partitive		cowboytasi	cowboyitasi
inessive		cowboyssasi	cowboyissasi
elative		cowboystasi	cowboyistasi
illative		cowboyhisi cowboyhysi	cowboyihisi
adessive		cowboyllasi	cowboyillasi
ablative		cowboyltasi	cowboyiltasi
allative		cowboyllesi	cowboyillesi
essive		cowboynasi	cowboyinasi
translative		cowboyksesi	cowboyiksesi
abessive		cowboyttasi	cowboyittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cowboyinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboymme	cowboymme
accusative	nom.	cowboymme	cowboymme
accusative	gen.	cowboymme	cowboymme
genitive		cowboymme	cowboyidemme cowboyittemme
partitive		cowboytamme	cowboyitamme
inessive		cowboyssamme	cowboyissamme
elative		cowboystamme	cowboyistamme
illative		cowboyhimme cowboyhymme	cowboyihimme
adessive		cowboyllamme	cowboyillamme
ablative		cowboyltamme	cowboyiltamme
allative		cowboyllemme	cowboyillemme
essive		cowboynamme	cowboyinamme
translative		cowboyksemme	cowboyiksemme
abessive		cowboyttamme	cowboyittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cowboyinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboynne	cowboynne
accusative	nom.	cowboynne	cowboynne
accusative	gen.	cowboynne	cowboynne
genitive		cowboynne	cowboyidenne cowboyittenne
partitive		cowboytanne	cowboyitanne
inessive		cowboyssanne	cowboyissanne
elative		cowboystanne	cowboyistanne
illative		cowboyhinne cowboyhynne	cowboyihinne
adessive		cowboyllanne	cowboyillanne
ablative		cowboyltanne	cowboyiltanne
allative		cowboyllenne	cowboyillenne
essive		cowboynanne	cowboyinanne
translative		cowboyksenne	cowboyiksenne
abessive		cowboyttanne	cowboyittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cowboyinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		cowboynsa	cowboynsa
accusative	nom.	cowboynsa	cowboynsa
accusative	gen.	cowboynsa	cowboynsa
genitive		cowboynsa	cowboyidensa cowboyittensa
partitive		cowboytaan cowboytansa	cowboyitaan cowboyitansa
inessive		cowboyssaan cowboyssansa	cowboyissaan cowboyissansa
elative		cowboystaan cowboystansa	cowboyistaan cowboyistansa
illative		cowboyhinsa cowboyhynsa	cowboyihinsa
adessive		cowboyllaan cowboyllansa	cowboyillaan cowboyillansa
ablative		cowboyltaan cowboyltansa	cowboyiltaan cowboyiltansa
allative		cowboylleen cowboyllensa	cowboyilleen cowboyillensa
essive		cowboynaan cowboynansa	cowboyinaan cowboyinansa
translative		cowboykseen cowboyksensa	cowboyikseen cowboyiksensa
abessive		cowboyttaan cowboyttansa	cowboyittaan cowboyittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	cowboyineen cowboyinensa

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

compounds

cowboyhattu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaw.bɔj/, /ko.bɔj/
Audio: (file)

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, feminine cowgirl)

(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)

cowboy

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cowboy	cowboyok
accusative	cowboyt	cowboyokat
dative	cowboynak	cowboyoknak
instrumental	cowboyjal	cowboyokkal
causal-final	cowboyért	cowboyokért
translative	cowboyjá	cowboyokká
terminative	cowboyig	cowboyokig
essive-formal	cowboyként	cowboyokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cowboyban	cowboyokban
superessive	cowboyon	cowboyokon
adessive	cowboynál	cowboyoknál
illative	cowboyba	cowboyokba
sublative	cowboyra	cowboyokra
allative	cowboyhoz	cowboyokhoz
elative	cowboyból	cowboyokból
delative	cowboyról	cowboyokról
ablative	cowboytól	cowboyoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	cowboyé	cowboyoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cowboyéi	cowboyokéi

Possessive forms of cowboy
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cowboyom	cowboyaim
2nd person sing.	cowboyod	cowboyaid
3rd person sing.	cowboya	cowboyai
1st person plural	cowboyunk	cowboyaink
2nd person plural	cowboyotok	cowboyaitok
3rd person plural	cowboyuk	cowboyaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

cowboy

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

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

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)

a cowboy (most senses)
cowboyar og indianarar ― cowboys and Indians

References

“cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈbɔj/ [kaʊ̯ˈbɔɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kawˈbɔj/ [kawˈβɔj]

Hyphenation: cow‧boy

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

Alternative spelling of caubói

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboy)

cowboy

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	cowboy	cowboyul	cowboy	cowboyi
genitive-dative	cowboy	cowboyului	cowboy	cowboylor
vocative	cowboyule		cowboylor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

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

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

cowboy

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ̯bɔj/

Noun

cowboy c

a cowboy
Synonyms: (humorous) cowboysare, (humorous) kobojsare

Declension

Declension of cowboy

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cowboy	cowboys
singular	definite	cowboyen	cowboyens
plural	indefinite	cowboys, cowboyer	cowboys, cowboyers
plural	definite	cowboyerna	cowboyernas

Derived terms

References

English

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Noun

Hypernyms

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Verb

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Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

Usage notes

Swedish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

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