Meanings
rumen1
- 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 162Synonyms: paunch, fack, fardingbag
Rumen2
- A transliteration of the Bulgarian male given name Ру́мен (Rúmen)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrūmen
- Latinrūmen
- Englishrumen
Borrowed from Latin rūmen.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَرِش
- كَرِش (kariš)first stomach of ruminants
Bulgarian търбух
- търбух (tărbuh)first stomach of ruminants
Catalan rumen
- rumenfirst stomach of ruminants
Chinese Mandarin 瘤胃
- 瘤胃 (liúwèi)first stomach of ruminants
Czech bachor
- bachorfirst stomach of ruminants
Danish vom
- vomfirst stomach of ruminants
Dutch pens
- pensfirst stomach of ruminants
Finnish pötsi
- pötsifirst stomach of ruminants
French panse, rumen
- pansefirst stomach of ruminants
- rumenfirst stomach of ruminants
German Pansen, Wanst
- Pansenfirst stomach of ruminants
- Wanstfirst stomach of ruminants
Greek προστόμαχος
- προστόμαχος (prostómachos)first stomach of ruminants
Hebrew כרס, המסס
- כרס (karés)first stomach of ruminants
- המסס (hemsés)first stomach of ruminants
Hungarian bendő
- bendőfirst stomach of ruminants
Italian rumine
- ruminefirst stomach of ruminants
Japanese ミノ
- ミノ (mino)first stomach of ruminants
Korean 혹위, 제1 위
- 혹위 (hogwi)first stomach of ruminants
- 제1 위 (jeil wi)first stomach of ruminants
Latin rūmen, ingluviēs
- rūmenfirst stomach of ruminants
- ingluviēsfirst stomach of ruminants
Malay rumen
- rumenfirst stomach of ruminants
Persian شکمبه, سیرابی
- شکمبه (šekambe)first stomach of ruminants
- سیرابی (sirâbi)first stomach of ruminants
Polish żwacz
- żwaczfirst stomach of ruminants
Portuguese rúmen
- rúmenfirst stomach of ruminants
Romanian rumen
- rumenfirst stomach of ruminants
Russian рубе́ц
- рубе́ц (rubéc)first stomach of ruminants
Slovak bachor
- bachorfirst stomach of ruminants
Spanish rumen
- rumenfirst stomach of ruminants
Swedish vom, våm
- vomfirst stomach of ruminants
- våmfirst stomach of ruminants
Turkish işkembe, şkembe
- işkembefirst stomach of ruminants
- şkembefirst stomach of ruminants
Vietnamese dạ cỏ
- dạ cỏfirst stomach of ruminants
Welsh blaenstumog, rwmen
- blaenstumogfirst stomach of ruminants
- rwmenfirst stomach of ruminants
- y god fawrfirst stomach of ruminants
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rumen
All rhymes →Cite this entry
rumen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumen
“rumen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rumen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumen.
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