Bucolic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a country person

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæpʃiːf/

🇬🇧British English

/bjuːkˈɒlɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bjuːkˈɒlɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæpʃiːf/.

Examples

a country life of arcadian contentment
a pleasant bucolic scene
charming in its pastoral setting

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

arcadian idyll provincial pastoral peasant idyl eclogue

Parts of Speech

noun	a country person
noun	a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
adjective	(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic “a country life of arcadian contentment”
adjective	relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle “pastoral seminomadic people”

Word Forms

peasanthood	noun	the state of being a peasant
Arcadian	noun	an inhabitant of Arcadia
pastoral	noun	a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bukolisch

ein Landmensch

🇫🇷French

bucolique

un homme de la campagne

🇪🇸Spanish

bucólico

una persona de campo

🇮🇹Italian

bucolico

una persona di campagna

🇳🇱Dutch

landelijk

een landmens

🇵🇹Portuguese

bucólico

uma pessoa do campo

🇷🇺Russian

буколический

деревенский человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्राम्य

एक देहाती व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

বুকোলিক

একজন দেশের মানুষ

🇮🇳Tamil

புகோலிக்

ஒரு நாட்டு நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

బూకోలిక్

ఒక దేశం వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

बुकोलिक

एक देशाची व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

બ્યુકોલિક

દેશની વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬುಕೋಲಿಕ್

ದೇಶದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബ്യൂക്കോളിക്

ഒരു രാജ്യക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਕੋਲਿਕ

ਇੱਕ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

بکولک

ایک ملک کا شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

田园风光的

一个乡下人

🇯🇵Japanese

牧歌的な

田舎の人

🇰🇷Korean

목가적인

시골 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thôn quê

một người quê mùa

🇹🇭Thai

บ้านนอก

คนในประเทศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pedesaan

orang desa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رعوي

شخص بلد

🇮🇷Persian

بوکولیک

یک فرد روستایی

🇹🇷Turkish

pastoral

bir taşra insanı

🇮🇱Hebrew

כַּפרִי

איש מדינה

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The primary meaning of 'bucolic' is 'a country person'.

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