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Meaning of "hippophagy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIPPOPHAGY

hippophagy  [hɪˈpɒfədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIPPOPHAGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hippophagy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIPPOPHAGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hippophagy

Horse meat

Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia. The top eight countries consume about 4.7 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existence, wild horses were hunted as a source of protein. It is slightly sweet, tender and low in fat. However, because of the role horses have played as companions and as workers, and concerns about the ethics of the horse slaughter process, it is a taboo food in some cultures. These historical associations, as well as ritual and religion, led to the development of the aversion to the consumption of horse meat. The horse is now given pet status by many in some parts of the Western world, particularly in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland, which further solidifies the taboo on eating its meat.

Definition of hippophagy in the English dictionary

The definition of hippophagy in the dictionary is the practice of eating horse meat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIPPOPHAGY


anthropophagy
ˌænθrəˈpɒfədʒɪ
autocoprophagy
ˌɔːtəʊkəˈprɒfədʒɪ
autophagy
ɔːˈtɒfədʒɪ
bacteriophagy
bækˌtɪərɪˈɒfədʒɪ
coprophagy
kɒˈprɒfədʒɪ
creophagy
krɪˈɒfədʒɪ
endophagy
ɛnˈdɒfədʒɪ
exophagy
ɛkˈsɒfədʒɪ
geophagy
dʒɪˈɒfədʒɪ
ichthyophagy
ˌɪkθɪˈɒfədʒɪ
monophagy
mɒnˈɒfədʒɪ
mycophagy
maɪˈkɒfədʒɪ
oligophagy
ˌɒlɪˈɡɒfədʒɪ
omophagy
əʊˈmɒfədʒɪ
ostreophagy
ˌɒstrɪˈɒfədʒɪ
pantophagy
pænˈtɒfədʒɪ
phytophagy
faɪˈtɒfədʒɪ
scatophagy
skæˈtɒfədʒɪ
theophagy
θɪˈɒfədʒɪ
xerophagy
zɪəˈrɒfədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIPPOPHAGY

hippocrepian
hippodrome
hippodromic
hippogriff
hippogryph
hippologist
hippology
Hippolyta
Hippolyte
Hippolytus
hippomanes
Hippomenes
hippophagist
hippophagous
hippophile
hippophobe
hippopotami
hippopotamian
hippopotamic
hippopotamus

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIPPOPHAGY

aerophagy
baggy
biology
cabbagy
cagy
doggy
energy
entomophagy
garbagy
genealogy
gy
Moholy-Nagy
Nagy
orgy
polyphagy
psychology
sagy
stagy
strategy
technology

Synonyms and antonyms of hippophagy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hippophagy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIPPOPHAGY

Find out the translation of hippophagy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hippophagy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hippophagy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hippophagy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hippophagy
570 millions of speakers

English

hippophagy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hippophagy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hippophagy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hippophagy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hippophagy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hippophagy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hippophagie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hippophagy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hippophagy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hippophagy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hippophagy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hippophagy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hippophagy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குதிரை இறைச்சியை உண்ணும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिप्पफॅग्झी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hippophagy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hippophagy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hippophagy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hippophagy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hippophagy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hippophagy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hippophagy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hippophagy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hippophagy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hippophagy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPOPHAGY»

The term «hippophagy» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.497 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPOPHAGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hippophagy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hippophagy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hippophagy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPPOPHAGY»

Discover the use of hippophagy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hippophagy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Punch
PERILS. OF. HIPPOPHAGY. ertatn Correspondence has been sent us in a mysterious way for publication, and from which we select the following. Omitting some personal compliments to our dog Toby, for which he returns his best bowwow, ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1864
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punch
... because it is a man beside himself: lest one side of it should throw vitriol on the other side, or run it through with a pike, and thus the United Irishman should commit suicide with the view of saving his own life. The Eesults of Hippophagy.
‎1859
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Contributions to Natural History
THE. PROGRESS. OE. HIPPOPHAGY: A PLEA FOR EATING HORSE-FLESH. In the year 1857 we were converted to the derided faith of the hippophagi. With the zeal of new converts we gave, to all who would hear u.s, many good reasons for  ...
David Esdaile, 2008
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Journal
AS FOOD B v A. S. Bickxell, Esq. The History of Hippophagy in Ancient Times. The word Hippophagy, I need hardly say, ia derived from tha Greek Irros, a horse, and tpiyu, I eat. Our dictionaries do not contain it, but nevertheless it is not n*w.
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1868
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The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century
Other municipalities had removal systems like that of New York.25 This process differed widely from that in those countries of continental Europe where consuming horsemeat (hippophagy) was commonplace. In Paris, owners seldom killed ...
Clay McShane, Joel Tarr, 2007
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The Fat Man's Food & Drink Compendium
Hippophagy. (The. eating. of. horse. flesh). Eating horsemeat has been common practice in several countries throughout the world including Japan, India, China, South America and surprisingly, Sweden, Holland and Belgium as well. France ...
Tony Grumley-Grennan
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hippophagy. USE Horsemeat Hippopotami USE Hippopotarnidae Hippopotamidae (Мау Subd Geog) [QL73 7. U5 71 UF Hippopotami Hippopotamuses Hippos BT Artiodactyla NT Hexaprotodon Hippopotamus ( Genus) Hippopotamidae, ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2004
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hippophagy. USE Horse meat Hippopotamus [QL 73 7. U5] Hippopotamus, Fossil [QE882. U3; Hippopotamus liberiensis USE Pygmy hippopotamus Hippotigris USE Equus Hippotragus leucophaeus USE Blue antelope Hippotragus niger ...
‎1989
9
The Fat Man's Book of Starters & Snacks
Hippophagy. (The. eating. of. horse. flesh). Eating horsemeat has been common practice in several countries throughout the world including Japan, India, China, South America and surprisingly, Sweden, Holland and Belgium as well. France ...
Tony Grumley-Grennan, 2005
10
Animal and Man in Bible Lands: Supplement
Apart from these horse burials, we find evidence there of sacrifices of horses and even of hippophagy. Flinders Petrie (1932 p. 14, pl. L) describes, how the foundation of the later Hyksos palace IV was signalised by digging a pit in the walls of ...
Friedrich Simon Bodenheimer, 1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIPPOPHAGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hippophagy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rex Smith: Animal tales draw notice, but why?
Hippophagy (the fancy word for horse-eating) began to gain popularity after World War II, during a shortage of conventional meats, but soon fell ... «Albany Times Union, May 14»
2
Horse Meat On The Menu But Can We Stomach It? {Non-graphic …
Although hippophagy (eating horse meat) is strongly disliked by over 80% of Americans, the custom is accepted in other parts of the world. «Guardian Express, Jun 13»
3
Reviewed: Blood Horses - Notes of a Sportswriter's Son by John …
Hippophagy has always had a bad rep but this hasn't prevented the occasional modest proposal promoting the consumption of horseflesh. «New Statesman, Mar 13»
4
A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of (Main) Course
hypothesizing the economic benefits of consuming horse meat in the U.S. At the time hippophagy was practiced in Europe, especially in France ... «Scientific American, Mar 13»
5
Legal or Not, Will Americans Ever Buy Horse Meat?
... in the U.S., the widening scandal has caused outrage and revulsion among Americans, who haven't practiced hippophagy — the practice of ... «TIME, Mar 13»
6
Scientific American in 1875: Eating Horse Meat Would Boost the …
We have spoken from time to time of the progress of hippophagy in Paris, regarding the same as an experiment which there was no particular ... «Smithsonian, Feb 13»
7
Horse meat on the menu at ancient inauguration for High King of Tara
After being killed for sacrifice, the horse's meat was cooked and eaten, what is known as hippophagy. However, one infamous - and ... «IrishCentral, Feb 13»
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Source of Horse: Shadowy Market Ripe for Exploitation
... France become an openly horse-eating nation for the first time since Pope Gregory III's ban on the pagan practice of hippophagy in 732 AD. «ABC News, Feb 13»
9
Word of the Day: Hippophagy
A tray of horse meat is on sale at a shop in Bremen, northern Germany on February 14, 2013. scandal over horsemeat-tainted food spiraled ... «GlobalPost, Feb 13»
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A Shadowy Market Ripe for Exploitation
... France become an openly horse-eating nation for the first time since Pope Gregory III's ban on the pagan practice of hippophagy in 732 AD. «Spiegel Online, Feb 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hippophagy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hippophagy>. May 2024 ».
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