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vache is gendered boeuf :D We'd say "vache" when it comes to milk or the female, but all "vache" are "boeuf". Boeuf is used when the gender does not mean much
by masom 3y ago
vache is gendered boeuf :D
We'd say "vache" when it comes to milk or the female, but all "vache" are "boeuf".
Boeuf is used when the gender does not mean much (like for meat).
- Dodrekai 3y agoMore precisely, a "Boeuf" is a castrated bull which could explain the English meaning of the word..
- chrisdhoover 3y agoSteer in English
- meheleventyone 3y agoWe use Bullock in the UK.
- gerdesj 3y agoBollocks, do we!
- seabass-labrax 3y agoI have always used 'bullock' to refer to a juvenile bull, but my dictionary lists that sense of the word under 'archaic'. It wouldn't be the first time that I've discovered I'm speaking Middle English!
- meheleventyone 3y agoVery often the juveniles have had the snip so I wonder if that’s the inflection point.
- mistrial9 3y agohe meant the slang term "Boeuf" -- basically an accusation of being a feminine male.
- maximus-decimus 3y agoboeuf is also gendered, it's just that "non-gendered" in French means defaulting to male. The same way that Scarlett Johansson is an actress, but Scarlet and Chris Evans are actors. You would never say that Scarlett alone is an actor.