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rumen

/ˈɹu.mən/

rumen noun: the first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

Noun

rumen (plural rumina or rumens)

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
    • In the newborn ruminant the abomasum is about as large as the rumen and remains relatively large as long as only milk is consumed (Brugnone, 1809). As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.2013 [1966], Robert E. Hungate, The Rumen and Its Microbes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 162
    Synonyms:
    paunch, fack, fardingbag

Proper noun capitalized: Rumen

Rumen

  1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian male given name Ру́мен (Rúmen)

rumen meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Malay

rumen in Tamil

அசையும் இரைப்பை, அசையூண் இரைப்பை, அசையூண்வயிறு

rumen in Kannada

ಮೆಲುಕುಹೊಟ್ಟೆ

rumen in Arabic

first stomach of ruminants
كَرِش kariš

rumen in Malay

first stomach of ruminants
rumen
More languagesFewer languages
rumen in Persian
شکمبه šekambe, سیرابی sirâbi
rumen in Vietnamese
dạ cỏ

Synonyms of rumen

Forms of rumen

pluralrumina
pluralrumens

Origin of rumen

Borrowed from Latin rūmen.

Words formed from rumen

Words that rhyme with rumen

Questions about rumen

What does rumen mean?
Rumen means the first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
What is rumen in Tamil?
Rumen in Tamil is அசையும் இரைப்பை, அசையூண் இரைப்பை, அசையூண்வயிறு. See Rumen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rumen?
Rumen can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rumen?
Rumen is pronounced /ˈɹu.mən/.
What is the plural of rumen?
The plural of rumen is rumina.

Words near rumen in the dictionary

  1. Rumelians
  2. Rumeliot
  3. Rumeliote
  4. Rumeliotes
  5. Rumeliots
  6. rumen
  7. rumenic
  8. rumenic acid
  9. rumenitis
  10. rumenocentesis
  11. rumenotomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rumen (page history and authors); Rumen (page history and authors); rumen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rumen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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