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sheep
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Wikipedia
[ English
[ Etymology
Old English scēap, from Germanic *skæpo-m. Cognate with Dutch schaap, German Schaf.
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
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Singular
sheep
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Plural
sheep
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sheep (plural sheep)
- A woolly ruminant of thee genus Ovis. Male: ram (intact), wether (castrated). Female: ewe. Young: lamb. Carnal: lamb, mutton.
- A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
[ Derived terms
[ Translations
animal
- Albanian: dele sq(sq)
- Apache:
- Chiricahua: dibéhé
- Jicarilla: dibé
- Western: dibéé, dobéé, dibéłįį, bee’é, mee’é, mę’é
- Arabic: خروف (xarūf) m.
- Baluchi: میش (mēš)
- Basque: ardi
- Belarusian: авечка (avečka) f.
- Bosnian: ovca f., ovan m., jagnje n. (young/lamb)
- Breton: dañvad m., deñved pl., maout m., meot pl.
- Bulgarian: овца (ovtsa) f. ^
- Catalan: ovella f., ovelles pl.
- Chinese: (miányáng)
- Simplified: 绵羊
- Traditional: 綿羊
- Crimean Tatar: qoy
- Croatian: ovca f., ovan m., janje n. (young/lamb)
- Czech: ovce cs(cs)
- Danish: får da(da) n.
- Dutch: schaap nl(nl) n., schapen nl(nl) pl.
- Esperanto: ŝafo, ŝafoj pl.
- Estonian: lammas et(et)
- Ewe: alẽ
- Faroese: seyður fo(fo)
- Finnish: lammas fi(fi)
- French: mouton fr(fr) m.
- Friulian: piore, fede
- Galician: ovella
- Gamilaraay: thimba
- German: Schaf de(de) n., Schafe de(de) pl.
- Greek: πρόβατο el(el) (próvato) n.
- Guaraní: ovecha
- Hebrew: כֶּבֶשׂ (kéves) m., כבשים (kevesím) pl.
- Hindi: भेड़ (bhe.r) f., मेष (meš) m.
- Hungarian: juh hu(hu), birka hu(hu)
- Icelandic: fé, kind, sauðfé, sauður, sauðkind, (ewe: ær)
- Indonesian: domba id(id), biri-biri id(id)
- Interlingua: ove
- Irish: caora ga(ga)
- Italian: pecora it(it) f.
- Japanese: 羊 (ひつじ, hitsují)
- Korean: 양 (yang), 면양 (myeonyang)
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- Kurdish: mî (ewe), mih (ewe), beran (ram), pez (both), berx (little), berindir (young), beyindir (young), مهڕ
- Ladin: biescia
- Lao: ແກະ lo(lo) (kë')
- Latin: ovis la(la) f.
- Latvian: aita lv(lv)
- Lithuanian: avis lt(lt)
- Lower Sorbian: wójca f.
- Macedonian: овца (ovtsa) f.
- Malay: kambing biri biri ms(ms)
- Maltese: nagħġa mt(mt)
- Navajo: dibé
- Norwegian: sau no(no) m., får no(no) n.
- Occitan: feda f.
- Persian: گوسفند (gosefand)
- Polish: owca pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: carneiro pt(pt) m., ovelha pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: oaie ro(ro)
- Romansh: nursa
- Romany: bakri f., bakro m.
- Russian: овца (ovtsá) f.
- Sami: sávza
- Sardinian: brebei, barveghe, chessi, tzicca
- Scottish Gaelic: caora f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: овца f., ован m., јагње n. (young/lamb)
- Roman: ovca f., ovan m., jagnje n. (young/lamb)
- Slovak: ovca sk(sk) f.
- Slovene: ovca sl(sl) f., oven sl(sl) m.
- Spanish: oveja es(es) f.
- Swedish: får sv(sv) n.
- Tagalog: tupa
- Telugu: గొర్రె te(te) (gorre)
- Thai: แกะ (kae)
- Turkish: koyun tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: вівця (vivtsja) f.
- Upper Sorbian: wowca f.
- Urdu: بھیڑ (bhe.r) f., گوسفند (gosfand) f., میش (meš) m.
- Vietnamese: cừu vi(vi)
- Volapük: jip
- Welsh: dafad f., defaid pl.
- West Frisian: skiep
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