Is heifer a masculine word or a feminine word?

Answer 1

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The noun "cattle" is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female. The word cattle is a general term that refers to a group of domestic bovines of any gender/sex, age, breed or type.

Answer 2

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

Nouns for a male: bull, bull calf, steer/bullock, steer calf.

Nouns for a female: cow, first-calf heifer, bred heifer, heifer, heifer calf, spayed heifer.

Bulls are intact male bovines that are used for breeding and are commonly referred to as being the masculine of cattle. Steers are castrated male bovines that are used for meat production, and are also regarded as the masculine of cattle. Another word for a steer is a "bullock," a commonly used term for steers in the European Union. Oxen, also males, are castrated bulls that have been trained to pull carts and wagons. They are also deemed the masculine of cattle. Bull calves and steer calves, are also masculine of cattle, even though they are young immature bovines.

Cows are mature female bovines that have had at least two calves, and are commonly regarded as the feminine of cattle. Heifers are immature female bovines that have never had a calf and are also regarded as feminine of cattle. Spayed heifers, though unsexed like that of a steer, still bear the female sex organs (except the ovaries) and are still considered feminine of cattle. Same with first-calf heifers or bred heifers, even if they have had their first calf or are pregnant with their first calf.

Answer 3

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

Nouns for male cattle are bulls, bullocks, bull calves, steers or even possibly oxen.

Answer 4

The English language does not have masculine or feminine nouns; all nouns are neuter and take neuter verbs. English nouns use different words for male or female, for example, a heifer is a young female cow who has not yet had a calf.

Answer 5

In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The noun for a mature female bovine is cow.

The noun for intact mature male bovines is bull.

The noun for a male castrated before reaching puberty is steer.

The noun for a male castrated after puberty is stag.

Answer 6

Bulls, bullocks or steers. See the related question below for more.

Answer 7

Cow is female, bull is male.

Answer 8

cow