( uncountable) Cattle are a group of cows or bulls, whether they are male or female
There can really be no such thing as a singular cattle
Other people are now using cow for this, and this usage is common enough to have made it to the dictionaries
The farmer grazes cattle on this land in the summer months
Cow, bull, heifer, and calf are the singular words for domestic cattle, and if you don't know the sex of the animal, you'd just guess and call it a cow or a bull
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- Dan Bron Britannica Dictionary definition of CATTLE
(Although "Some of those cattle are" would be perhaps better
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It does not have a commonly used singular form, but one can say "one cow" or "one head of cattle" for the singular
Cattle is a plural form
The possessive form for the plural, mass noun cattle is cattle's The noun 'cattle' is a plural uncountable noun (with no singular form), a word for domestic bovines (cows, heifers, steers, bulls, and oxen) held as property or raised for use, regardless of age Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum
Sheep for the same reason, or fish
( uncountable) Cattle are a group of cows or bulls, whether they are male or female
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The singular is "cow" or "bull"
The noun 'cattle' is a plural uncountable noun (with no singular form), a word for domestic bovines (cows, heifers, steers, bulls, and oxen) held as property or raised for use, regardless of age Cattle (commonly called cows), are among humankind's most important domesticated animals
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In everyday speech, I think that "a cow" is a good term for a gender-neutral singular cow: "A cow's digestive system is a fascinating mechanism
However, there are a variety of irregular nouns whose spelling changes when making the singular form plural
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The singular is "cow" or "bull"
Cow is a female bovine but is often used to refer to all bovines even though this isn't proper
The noun poultry can be countable or uncountable
Either cow (female,) bull (intact male,) or steer (castrated male) Calf for babies
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Here the quantificational noun construction avoids the problem that arises with "cattle", where we can use high round numerals like "a thousand cattle", but not low numerals like *"seven cattle"
For example, if there are three people in a room, you would refer to one of them as a person
And if you object on the basis that the plural of cow is cows, Cattle play an important role in many ecosystems around the world
Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum
Most nouns form their plurals by adding -s to the singular
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Writers are often unsure whether to treat a collective noun like "herd" as singular or plural
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So, you could say "there is one cow in A possessive noun is a noun like "farmer's" that is used to indicate ownership (possession)
But interestingly you can have a herd of cattle or herd of cows, so in that sense cattle would be singular, but not used in general language to my knowledge
A lot of people have been saying that's the term in the farming/meat industry
Your father and grandfather used cattle as a singular to fill this gap
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There is no singular equivalent in modern English to cattle other than the various gender and age-specific terms (though "catron” is occasionally seen as a half-serious proposal)
All the dictionaries say 'cattle' is treated as plural, but sometimes I do see it being treated as singular as above
Definition of cattle noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
cattle Is cattle plural? Cattle is both plural and singular both plural and singular plural plural plural singular singular singular both plural and singular
Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary gives the two examples for livestock: a market where livestock are bought and sold