Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rumen

/ˈɹu.mən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: ru-men
IPA: /ˈɹu.mən/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

name

A transliteration of the Bulgarian male given name Ру́мен (Rúmen)

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūmen.

Inflected Forms

rumina (plural) rumens (plural)

Derived Forms

reticulorumen rumenitis rumenotomy

Frequently Paired Words

rumenic ruminal ruminant ruminate abomasum omasum reticulum

Synonyms

paunch fack fardingbag first stomach

Rhymes With

human non-human semi-human newman truman inhuman superhuman lumen neumann cumin acumen schumann

Questions

How do you pronounce rumen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹu.mən/.
What does rumen mean?: The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
Where does rumen come from?: Borrowed from Latin rūmen.

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