Meanings
nounhorsemeat (usually uncountable, plural horsemeats)
plural horsemeats · alternative horse meat
- uncountableusuallyThe meat from a horse.
In January 2013, supermarkets were hit by an extraordinary scandal as it emerged that foods made of processed 'beef' actually contained horsemeat.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe meat from a horse.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérsēn
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šā
- Proto-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
- Proto-Germanic*hrussą
- Proto-West Germanic*hross
- Old Englishhors
- Middle Englishhors
- Englishhorse
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
- Proto-Germanic*matiz
- Proto-West Germanic*mati
- Old Englishmete
- Middle Englishmete
- Englishmeat
- Englishhorsemeat
Translations
Afrikaans perdevleis
- perdevleishorse meat
Arabic لَحْم حِصَان
- لَحْم حِصَان (laḥm ḥiṣān)horse meat
Catalan carn de cavall
- carn de cavallhorse meat
Chinese Mandarin 馬肉 /马肉
- 馬肉 /马肉 (mǎròu)horse meat
Czech konina
- koninahorse meat
Danish hestekød
- hestekødhorse meat
Dutch paardenvlees
- paardenvleeshorse meat
Esperanto ĉevalaĵo
- ĉevalaĵohorse meat
Estonian hobuseliha
- hobuselihahorse meat
Finnish hevosenliha, hevonen
- hevosenlihahorse meat
- hevonenhorse meat
French viande de cheval
- viande de chevalhorse meat
German Pferdefleisch
- Pferdefleischhorse meat
Hungarian lóhús
- lóhúshorse meat
Icelandic hrossakjöt
- hrossakjöthorse meat
Irish feoil chapaill
- feoil chapaillhorse meat
Japanese 馬肉, 桜肉
- 馬肉 (baniku)horse meat
- 桜肉 (sakuraniku)horse meat
Korean 말고기, 마육
- 말고기 (malgogi)horse meat
- 마육 (mayuk)horse meat
Lithuanian arkliena
- arklienahorse meat
Norwegian Bokmål hestekjøtt
- hestekjøtthorse meat
Polish konina
- koninahorse meat
Portuguese carne de cavalo
- carne de cavalohorse meat
Russian кони́на
- кони́на (konína)horse meat
Slovak konina, koňacina
- koninahorse meat
- koňacinahorse meat
Spanish carne de caballo
- carne de caballohorse meat
Swedish hästkött
- hästkötthorse meat
Ukrainian кони́на, коня́тина
- кони́на (konýna)horse meat
- коня́тина (konjátyna)horse meat
Vietnamese thịt ngựa
- thịt ngựahorse meat
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Cite this entry
APA
horsemeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsemeat
MLA
“horsemeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsemeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horsemeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsemeat.
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