Meanings
plural livestocks · alternative dated live stock · alternative dated live-stock
- uncountableusuallyFarm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
Meronym: stock animal
5 more examples
The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.
Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.
Much livestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.
In the West there are local areas with too many livestock.
Women herded small livestocks such as goats and sheep.
Synonyms: stock[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFarm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany animals kept for use or profit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Germanic*an
- Proto-West Germanic*ana
- Old Englishon
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Germanic*lībaną
- Proto-Germanic*lībą
- Proto-West Germanic*līb
- Old Englishlīf
- Old Englishlīfe
- Old Englishon līfe
- Middle Englishalyve
- Englishaliveclip.
- Englishlive
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
- Proto-Germanic*stikaną
- Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
- Proto-West Germanic*stokk
- Old Englishstocc
- Middle Englishstok
- Englishstock
- Englishlivestock
Translations
Afrikaans vee
- veefarm animals
Ancient Greek κτῆνη
- κτῆνη (ktênē)farm animals
Arabic مَوَاشٍ, أَنْعَام
- مَوَاشٍ (mawāšin)farm animals
- أَنْعَام (ʔanʕām)farm animals
- دَوَاجِن (dawājin)farm animals
Basque azienda, abere
- aziendafarm animals
- aberefarm animals
Bulgarian добитък
- добитък (dobităk)farm animals
Catalan bestiar
- bestiarfarm animals
Chinese Mandarin 家畜, 牲畜
- 家畜 (jiāchù)farm animals
- 牲畜 (shēngchù)farm animals
Czech dobytek
- dobytekfarm animals
Dutch vee, veestapel
- veefarm animals
- veestapelfarm animals
Finnish karja
- karjafarm animals
French cheptel vif, bétail
- cheptel viffarm animals
- bétailfarm animals
German Vieh, Nutztiere
- Viehfarm animals
- Nutztierefarm animals
- Nutzviehfarm animals
Greek ζωικό κεφάλαιο
- ζωικό κεφάλαιο (zoïkó kefálaio)farm animals
Hindi पशुधन
- पशुधन (paśudhan)farm animals
Hungarian haszonállat, jószág
- haszonállatfarm animals
- jószágfarm animals
- lábasjószágfarm animals
- állatállományfarm animals
Icelandic búfé
- búféfarm animals
Irish stoc
- stocfarm animals
Italian bestiame
- bestiamefarm animals
Japanese 家畜
- 家畜 (kachiku)farm animals
Korean 가축
- 가축 (gachuk)farm animals
Latin pecus, pecuāria
- pecusfarm animals
- pecuāriafarm animals
Latvian lopi, mājlopi
- lopifarm animals
- mājlopifarm animals
Lithuanian galvi̇̀jas, gyvulỹs
- galvi̇̀jasfarm animals
- gyvulỹsfarm animals
Malay ternakan, haiwan ternakan
- ternakanfarm animals
- haiwan ternakanfarm animals
Māori kararehe
- kararehefarm animals
Norwegian Bokmål buskap, fe
- buskapfarm animals
- fefarm animals
- husdyrfarm animals
- fenadfarm animals
Polish dobytek, inwentarz
- dobytekfarm animals
- inwentarzfarm animals
Portuguese gado, pecuária
- gadofarm animals
- pecuáriafarm animals
Romanian șeptel
- șeptelfarm animals
Russian поголо́вье, поголо́вье скота́
- поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje)farm animals
- поголо́вье скота́ (pogolóvʹje skotá)farm animals
- скоти́на (skotína)farm animals
- скот (skot)farm animals
Slovak dobytok
- dobytokfarm animals
Spanish ganado
- ganadofarm animals
Swedish boskap
- boskapfarm animals
Tagalog palahayupan
- palahayupanfarm animals
Thai ปศุสัตว์
- ปศุสัตว์ (bpà-sù-sàt)farm animals
Turkish enam, mal
- enamfarm animals
- malfarm animals
- çiftlik hayvanlarıfarm animals
- besi hayvanlarıfarm animals
Ukrainian худо́ба, скоти́на
- худо́ба (xudóba)farm animals
- скоти́на (skotýna)farm animals
Vietnamese thú nuôi, gia súc
- thú nuôifarm animals
- gia súcfarm animals
Welsh da byw
- da bywfarm animals
Yiddish פֿיך
- פֿיך (fikh)farm animals
Cite this entry
livestock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livestock
“livestock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livestock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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