ewe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /joː/ (Ireland)
- /ɪʊ̯/ (Wales)
- /jʊ̯u/
- /juː/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /joʊ̯/ (Southern-US, archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).
Meanings
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A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:38, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ewes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
hippo birdie two ewe · black ewe · ewe cat · ewe lamb · ewe-necked · ewe neck
Relateds
ram · teg · hog · wether · shearling
Synonyms
Translations (114)
eo ŝafino (female sheep) · zza misna (female sheep) · fi uuhi (female sheep) · nds Au (female sheep) · es oveja madre (female sheep) · sco yowe (female sheep) · osp oueja (female sheep) · te మేషి (female sheep) · pt ovelha (female sheep) · sq delme (female sheep) · sq dele (female sheep) · cs ovce (female sheep) · yi שעפּס (female sheep) · be аве́чка (female sheep) · zza miy (female sheep) · it pecora (female sheep) · gsw Au (female sheep) · sdh میە (female sheep) · hy մաքի (female sheep) · ce жий (female sheep) · ga athfhóisc (female sheep) · ckb مەڕ (female sheep) · ar نَعْجَة (female sheep) · nb søye (female sheep) · lv avs (female sheep) · izh uto (female sheep) · mi uwha hipi (female sheep) · fr brebis (female sheep) · ro oaie (female sheep) · la ovis (female sheep) · mi kātua hipi (female sheep) · ja 牝羊 (female sheep) · my သိုးမ (female sheep) · el προβατίνα (female sheep) · uga 𐎘𐎀𐎚 (female sheep) · nrf brébis (female sheep) · sk ovca (female sheep) · ka ცხვარი (female sheep) · es oveja (female sheep) · ast oveya (female sheep) · fa میش (female sheep) · af skaapooi (female sheep) · sux 𒁱 (female sheep) · fi lammas (female sheep) · nv dibétsaʼii (female sheep) · cu ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ (female sheep) · tr anaç koyun (female sheep) · cu овьца (female sheep) · rif tixsi (female sheep) · uz sovliq (female sheep) · gl ovella (female sheep) · sh о́вца (female sheep) · nl ooi (female sheep) · cmn 牂 (female sheep) · ks گٔب (female sheep) · bg овца́ (female sheep) · arz نعجة (female sheep) · te ఆడగొర్రె (female sheep) · ro oiță (female sheep) · vi cừu cái (female sheep) · ga caora (female sheep) · cmn 母羊 (female sheep) · wo xar mu jigéen (female sheep) · so lax (female sheep) · el αρνάδα (female sheep) · grc ἀμνάς (female sheep) · kl sava piaqqiortoq (female sheep) · yi שאָף (female sheep) · de Zibbe (female sheep) · ga athchaora (female sheep) · ru овца́ (female sheep) · de Schaf (female sheep) · mk овца (female sheep) · lad oveja (female sheep) · el αμνάδα (female sheep) · txb awi (female sheep) · ak odwan bedeɛ (female sheep) · is ær (female sheep) · ngh gǂaru (female sheep) · da gimmerlam (female sheep) · sh óvca (female sheep) · kw davas (female sheep) · sl ovca (female sheep) · br dañvadez (female sheep) · uk вівця́ (female sheep) · vo jijip (female sheep) · de Mutterschaf (female sheep) · kmr mîh (female sheep) · rup oai (roa-rup) (female sheep) · hu anyajuh (female sheep) · pl owca (female sheep) · ja 雌羊 (female sheep) · de weibliches Schaf (female sheep) · dng муён (female sheep) · ga fóisc (yearling) (female sheep) · mr मेंढी (female sheep) · sv tacka (female sheep) · nn søye (female sheep) · fo ær (female sheep) · ang eowu (female sheep) · rom bakri (female sheep) · ti ሽበን (female sheep) · he רחל \ רָחֵל (female sheep) · ca ovella (female sheep) · de Aue (female sheep) · da hunfår (female sheep) · nan 母羊 (female sheep) · ee alẽnɔ (female sheep) · ko 암양 (female sheep) · ru я́рка (female sheep) · da moderfår (female sheep) · kmr mî (female sheep) · yue 母羊 (female sheep) · hi भेड़ (female sheep)