lamb en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- [ˈlæm] without æ-raising
- [ˈlæːm] without æ-raising
- [ˈlɛːm] ~ [ˈleːm] æ-raising
- /ˈlæm/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈlam/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
- /ˈlɛm/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈlæːm/ (Australia)
- /ˈlæm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈlɛə̯m] ~ [ˈleə̯m] æ-raising
Etymology
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.
Mark and Mark have raised some lambs for market, and they won a blue ribbon for quality at the fair.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A young goat; a kid.
The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Exodus 12:5: “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”
- (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
Near-synonym: sheep
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(countable, uncountable) Lambskin.
They were as alike as prisoners, dressed in black silk waists and fitted skirts, with shawls of crimped black lamb across their shoulders.
1934, Kay Boyle, My Next Bride, Virago, published 1986, page 8:
- (countable, uncountable) A simple, unsophisticated person.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
Her latest album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” is her best work yet, a warmer and more subtle album that makes her more relatable to those of us who aren’t Mariah die-hards—or “lambs,” as she refers to them.
2010 February 15, Greg Kot, “Mimi cuts loose: Mariah Carey concert at Chicago Theatre shows that the diva can laugh at herself”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 46, section 3, page 6:Pride Month begins June 1, and Mariah Carey is giving her lambs plenty of new clothes to celebrate.
2022, “Mariah Carey releases her exclusive Pride merchandise”, in WRMF:But when I saw Mariah in Detroit last year during the Caution World Tour, I was a proud lamb in my tour T-shirt, my very adult body suddenly transformed into my 14-year-old self when she emerged onstage.
2020 February 25, Chris Azzopardi, “I Love You (But Do You Love Mariah Carey?)”, in The New York Times:Part of me revels in the campiness of Mariah’s butterfly metaphors and puppies-and-kittens existence. […] But I also genuinely love her music, including this album. I’m one of her lambs.
2003, Bust, page 88:This year, Ms. Carey debuted a new Las Vegas revue, and, to celebrate, a group of 36 “lambs,” mostly in their 30s and 40s, boarded a party bus and cruised the Vegas strip for about three hours.
2019 January 3, Rich Juzwiak, “In Praise of Their Diva”, in The New York Times, section D, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lambren | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| lambs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| lamber | Number=Plur | dialectal | lexicographic |
Coordinates
ewe · hogg · ram · pork · hogget · veal · poultry · tup · wether · chicken · beef
Deriveds
Mongolian lamb · baa-lamb · paschal lamb · spring lamb · lamb to the slaughter · lamb pie · lambing · come like a lamb to the slaughter · in like a lion, out like a lamb · lamb's fries · Persian lamb · mutton dressed up as lamb · Paschal Lamb · lamburger · beaver lamb · lambsfoot · lambing season · lamb-ale · lamblike · lambie · vegetable lamb · lambsquarters · Tartarian lamb · skin the lamb · tod and lambs · lambskin · spider lamb syndrome · lambkill · house lamb · Scythian lamb · one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb · lamb succory · ewe lamb · in two shakes of a lamb's tail · bar-lamb · like a lamb to the slaughter · lambish · sacrificial lamb · lamb's cress · lamb's bread · in-lamb · lamb's lettuce · lambfold · lambhood · March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb · lambswool · Lambeth · mutton dressed as lamb · innocent as a lamb · lambless · lambling · lambkin · lamb down · lamb of Tartary · gentle as a lamb · lamby · as a lamb to the slaughter · lamb's tongue · lambiness · in lamb · lamber · lamb fries · lamb's ears · lambchop · lamb's quarters
Holonyms
Hypernyms
vertebrate · sheepflesh · meat · bovid · caprid · ovine · sheepmeat · food · stuff · goat-antelope · mammal · animal · goat antelope · caprine · mutton · sheep · substance · material · ungulate
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (305)
io mutonyunulo (young sheep) · gl andosco (young sheep) · he טָלֶה (flesh of lamb as food) · gd uan (young sheep) · ary خروفة (young sheep) · io mutonyunokarno (flesh of lamb as food) · ca corder (young sheep) · sc bitti (young sheep) · mk јагне (young sheep) · kmr berx (young sheep) · gd feòil-uain (flesh of lamb as food) · sk jahňa (young sheep) · fur agnel (young sheep) · tl kordero (young sheep) · tyv хураган (flesh of lamb as food) · rm tschut (young sheep) · pox jogną (young sheep) · bqi بره (young sheep) · dsb jagnje (young sheep) · es carne de cordero (flesh of lamb as food) · nn lammekjøt (flesh of lamb as food) · sdh وەرک (young sheep) · el αρνί (young sheep) · vec agneło (young sheep) · ka ბატკანი (young sheep) · nds Aulamm (young sheep) · vo jijipül (young sheep) · cu агнѧ (young sheep) · oc anhèla (young sheep) · ru ове́чка (meek person) · zza kavırek (young sheep) · sl jágnjetina (flesh of lamb as food) · sva ჟინაღ (young sheep) · be бара́нчык (young sheep) · hu bárányhús (flesh of lamb as food) · cv путек (young sheep) · fa گوسفند (flesh of lamb as food) · ajp حَمَل (young sheep) · kl savaaraq (young sheep) · be ягня́ (young sheep) · ru ягнёнок (meek person) · lad kodrero (young sheep) · nv dibé yázhí (young sheep) · vo jipülil (young sheep) · ro mia (young sheep) · lzz მჩხუიში თიკანი (young sheep) · bg а́гне (young sheep) · vo hijipül (young sheep) · fi karitsa (flesh of lamb as food) · inh ӏаьхарг (young sheep) · ang lamb (young sheep) · io mutonyuno (young sheep) · ko 어린양 (young sheep) · izh karitsa (young sheep) · lki وەرک (young sheep) · dsb jagnjece měso (flesh of lamb as food) · vi cừu non (young sheep) · gl neixente (young sheep) · mzn ورکا (young sheep) · ckb گۆشتی بەرخ (flesh of lamb as food) · dlm anjial (young sheep) · be ягнё (young sheep) · sl jagnjetína (flesh of lamb as food) · nds Schooplamm (young sheep) · el αρνάκι (meek person) · non lamb (young sheep) · de Lamm (flesh of lamb as food) · ar حَمَل (young sheep) · dlm sugol (young sheep) · ja ラム (young sheep) · bbl ბოტ (young sheep) · wa agnea (young sheep) · gl rexelo (young sheep) · rup njel (young sheep) · ja 羊肉 (flesh of lamb as food) · yi לאַם (young sheep) · cs beránek (young sheep) · es cordero (flesh of lamb as food) · arz ضاني (flesh of lamb as food) · ro mielușel (meek person) · eo ŝafido (young sheep) · nl lam (flesh of lamb as food) · gl añagota (young sheep) · nds Lamm (young sheep) · mic jijgluewji'j (young sheep) · nb lammekjøtt (flesh of lamb as food) · ja 子羊 (young sheep) · pl jagnię (young sheep) · pt cordeiro (flesh of lamb as food) · sco lammie (young sheep) · rup njioarã (young sheep) · kbd щынэ (young sheep) · tr kuzu (meek person) · cmn 羊羔 (young sheep) · bbl ჩუჲხი̂ (young sheep) · it agnellino (young sheep) · ttt vərə (young sheep) · ja ラム (flesh of lamb as food) · id anak domba (young sheep) · twf kʼùoʼȕʼúna (young sheep) · yue 羔羊 (meek person) · ga uan (young sheep) · ro miel (flesh of lamb as food) · os уӕрыкк (young sheep) · pl baranek (young sheep) · grk-mar арны́ (young sheep) · xal хурһн (young sheep) · mi reme (young sheep) · nds Bucklamm (young sheep) · sga úan (young sheep) · izh voonna (young sheep) · uk ягня́ (young sheep) · ro miel (young sheep) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (young sheep) · sv lamm (young sheep) · pt anho (young sheep) · liv ūoņi (young sheep) · id cempe (young sheep) · bbl ბოჰ̡ (young sheep) · xmf კირიბი (young sheep) · gl año (young sheep) · orv агньць (young sheep) · ary حولي (young sheep) · tr kuzu (young sheep) · fi karitsanliha (flesh of lamb as food) · vo jipül (young sheep) · fr agneau (young sheep) · hi मेमना (young sheep) · he טָלֶה (young sheep) · is lamb (flesh of lamb as food) · ajp خروف (young sheep) · pl jagnięcina (flesh of lamb as food) · liv ūoņki (young sheep) · it agnello (flesh of lamb as food) · vo sugahijipül (young sheep) · ru бара́нина (flesh of lamb as food) · it agnella (young sheep) · ru бара́шек (young sheep) · az quzu (young sheep) · ab а-сы́с (young sheep) · sv lamm (flesh of lamb as food) · ca xai (flesh of lamb as food) · ajp خروف (flesh of lamb as food) · vec gnelot (young sheep) · lv jērs (young sheep) · ca xai (young sheep) · zza kavır (diq) (young sheep) · ast corderu (flesh of lamb as food) · hi बर्रा (young sheep) · grc ἀρήν (young sheep) · es cordero (young sheep) · de Lamm (young sheep) · eu arkume (young sheep) · fr agneau (flesh of lamb as food) · pt cordeiro (meek person) · my သိုးသား (flesh of lamb as food) · ro mioară (young sheep) · ar لَحْم اَلضَّأْن (flesh of lamb as food) · ug پاقلان (young sheep) · mr कोकरू (young sheep) · es borrego (meek person) · sc anzone (young sheep) · vo liäm (young sheep) · uk ягня́тко (young sheep) · vec agnel (young sheep) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (young sheep) · kw on (young sheep) · be ягня́ціна (flesh of lamb as food) · vi cừu con (young sheep) · is lambakjöt (flesh of lamb as food) · gv eayn (young sheep) · cu агньць (young sheep) · ru а́гнец (young sheep) · wo mbote mi (young sheep) · nci ichcaconētl (young sheep) · nl lammetje (young sheep) · nl lamsvlees (flesh of lamb as food) · ar خَرُوف (young sheep) · it agnello (young sheep) · vo smajip (young sheep) · alt козы (young sheep) · ko 양고기 (flesh of lamb as food) · vo sugajipül (young sheep) · nds Bählamm (young sheep) · ota قوزی (flesh of lamb as food) · fy lamme (young sheep) · stq Loum (young sheep) · ru ягнёнок (young sheep) · sw mwanakondoo (young sheep) · ast corderu (young sheep) · ja 小羊 (young sheep) · tr kuzu (flesh of lamb as food) · no lam (young sheep) · xcl գառն (young sheep) · nds Schaaplamm (young sheep) · nn lammekjøtt (flesh of lamb as food) · ab а-ҭсы́с (young sheep) · ba бәрәс (young sheep) · sah бараан оҕото (young sheep) · ru ягня́тина (flesh of lamb as food) · ruq ńel (young sheep) · sk baránok (young sheep) · pt cordeiro (young sheep) · cy cig oen (flesh of lamb as food) · hu bárány (young sheep) · gl cordeiro (young sheep) · ga uaineoil (flesh of lamb as food) · cmn 羔羊 (young sheep) · rif izmar (young sheep) · sh janje (young sheep) · orv ꙗгнѧ (young sheep) · cy oen (young sheep) · sh jagnje (young sheep) · sc angione (young sheep) · scn agneddu (young sheep) · ary خروف (young sheep) · el αρνί (flesh of lamb as food) · la agnina (flesh of lamb as food) · eu bildots (meek person) · yue 羊肉 (flesh of lamb as food) · cmn 羔羊 (meek person) · vec gnel (young sheep) · ary غنمي (flesh of lamb as food) · fo lamb (young sheep) · ca be (young sheep) · fr agnelle (young sheep) · av къегӏер (young sheep) · ru а́гнец (meek person) · mt ħaruf (young sheep) · pa ਲੇਲਾ (young sheep) · ks چھِرٕ (young sheep) · ar خَرُوف (flesh of lamb as food) · arz أُوزي (young sheep) · uga 𐎛𐎎𐎗 (young sheep) · br oan (young sheep) · cs jehněčí (flesh of lamb as food) · ru овца́ (meek person) · sh јање (young sheep) · bua хурьган (young sheep) · vo sugajijipül (young sheep) · la agnus (young sheep) · tly və (young sheep) · uk бара́нчик (young sheep) · ce ӏахар (young sheep) · nl lam (young sheep) · ca anyell (young sheep) · lt ėriukas (young sheep) · jv ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ (young sheep) · mn хурга (young sheep) · de Lammfleisch (flesh of lamb as food) · hy գառ (young sheep) · tl tupa (flesh of lamb as food) · rm agnè (young sheep) · orv агнѧ (young sheep) · fro agniau (young sheep) · uk ягня́тина (flesh of lamb as food) · os далыс (young sheep) · nrf angné (young sheep) · is lamb (young sheep) · ary نعجة (young sheep) · gl carruxo (young sheep) · la agnellus (young sheep) · sq bec (young sheep) · ka კრავი (young sheep) · cmn 羊肉 (flesh of lamb as food) · he כֶּבֶשׂ (flesh of lamb as food) · ckb بەرخ (young sheep) · sh јагњетина (flesh of lamb as food) · my သိုးကလေး (young sheep) · da lammekød (flesh of lamb as food) · sh јагње (young sheep) · da lam (young sheep) · sh jagnjetina (flesh of lamb as food) · he שֶׂה (young sheep) · io mutonyunino (young sheep) · vot võdnõ (young sheep) · eo ŝafidaĵo (flesh of lamb as food) · bg агнешко (flesh of lamb as food) · cs jehně (young sheep) · liv ūoņõz (young sheep) · fi karitsa (young sheep) · he שֶׂה (meek person) · crh qozu (young sheep) · lki ڤەرک (young sheep) · es borrega (meek person) · ady шъынэ (young sheep) · et tall (young sheep) · cmn 羔 (young sheep) · sq sheleg (young sheep) · sq rrunë (young sheep) · wa bedot (young sheep) · ka ბატკნის ხორცი (flesh of lamb as food) · fi lammas (meek person) · grc ἀμνός (young sheep) · sq qengj (young sheep) · fa بره (young sheep) · mt ħaruf (flesh of lamb as food) · dsb jagnjeśina (flesh of lamb as food) · ota قوزی (young sheep) · oc anhèl (young sheep) · ms anak biri-biri (young sheep) · sv lammkött (flesh of lamb as food) · rup njauã (young sheep) · sl jágnje (young sheep) · vec ciot (young sheep)