bucolic

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(byū-kŏl'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See synonyms at rural.
  2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
n.
  1. A pastoral poem.
  2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.

[Latin būcolicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow + -kolos, herdsman.]

bucolically bu·col'i·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

    Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic. Informal hick. See urban/rural.

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Derived from the Greek word for herdsman, an ancient term for a poem dealing with a pastoral subject.

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IN BRIEF: Rustic or old-fashioned.

pronunciation Mrs. Pepper lived in an old, bucolic cabin.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hyrdedigt
n. - hyrdedigt, bonde, hyrde

Nederlands (Dutch)
herderlijk, landelijk, herdersdicht

Français (French)
adj. - bucolique, pastoral
n. - (Littérat) les Bucoliques (npl)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bukolisch, ländlich, idyllisch
n. - (ehem.) Landmann, Idylle, (Literaturw.) Hirtengedicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βουκολικός, ποιμενικός

Italiano (Italian)
bucolico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bucólico

Русский (Russian)
буколический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bucólico
n. - bucólica (poema)

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - idyllisk, pastoral

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
牧羊的, 田园风味的, 牧歌的, 牧歌, 田园诗

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 牧羊的, 田園風味的, 牧歌的
n. - 牧歌, 田園詩

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 양치기의, 시골의
n. - 양치기 , 목가

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 羊飼いの, 田園生活の, 田舎の
n. - 牧歌, 田園詩人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ريفي, ساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כפרי, קשור לחיי הכפר, קשור לרועים‬
n. - ‮כפרי, איכר‬


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