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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).
Adjective
bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)
- Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 71:A couple of years later the Metropolitan had reached its own most northerly point, Verney Junction, which was as bucolic as it sounds.
- Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
The cozy bed and breakfast was located in a picturesque, bucolic setting, offering guests a chance to escape the city and enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside.
- Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Their traditional clothing and simple way of life reflected their bucolic roots as a community of shepherds and farmers.
1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 27:Here we consider a bucolic example.
Derived terms
Translations
rustic, pastoral, country-styled
- Bulgarian: пасторален (bg) (pastoralen), провинциален (bg) (provincialen)
- Catalan: bucòlic (ca)
- Dutch: rustiek (nl), landelijk (nl), bucolisch (nl)
- French: bucolique (fr)
- Greek: βουκολικός (el) m (voukolikós), αγροτικός (el) m (agrotikós), ποιμενικός (el) m (poimenikós)
- Ancient: βουκολικός (boukolikós)
- Icelandic: sveitalegur m, sveita-, sveitalífs-, sveitasælu-, óheflaður m, grófgerður m, prests-
- Latin: būcolicus
- Portuguese: bucólico (pt)
- Russian: пасторальный (ru) (pastoralʹnyj), се́льский (ru) (sélʹskij)
- Spanish: bucólico (es)
- Swedish: rustik (sv), lantlig (sv), bukolisk (sv)
- Ukrainian: буколічний (uk) m (bukoličnyj), пасторальний m (pastoralʹnyj), сільський m (silʹsʹkyj)
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pertaining to herdsmen or peasants
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Etymology 2
From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus.
Noun
bucolic (plural bucolics)
- A pastoral poem.
- A rustic, peasant.
Translations
See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bucolique, from Latin bucolicus.
Adjective
bucolic m or n (feminine singular bucolică, masculine plural bucolici, feminine and neuter plural bucolice)
- bucolic
Declension