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she-goat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈʃi.ɡoʊt/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat.

Meanings

  1. A female goat.
    • At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats. 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
she-goats Number=Plur lexicographic
shegoat alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

he-goat · buck · billy goat · goat · kid · billy

Relateds

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Synonyms

nanny goat · doe · nanny

Translations (66)

got 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (female goat) · ast cabra (female goat) · gl cabirta (female goat) · dlm capraina (female goat) · kix ūosāng (female goat) · sa अजा (female goat) · ca cabra (female goat) · nv tłʼízítsaʼii (female goat) · la capra (female goat) · de Ziegenweibchen (female goat) · ro capră (female goat) · ks ژھاوٕج (female goat) · uk козли́ця (female goat) · zh(female goat) · nb geit (female goat) · scn crapa (female goat) · uk коза́-дереза́ (female goat) · pi ajā (female goat) · pl koza (female goat) · nds-de Zeeg (female goat) · de Ziege (female goat) · tr dişi keçi (female goat) · gl xena (female goat) · gl godalla (female goat) · el αίγα (female goat) · it capra (female goat) · hu anyakecske (female goat) · es cabra (female goat) · hu nőstény kecske (female goat) · de Geiß (female goat) · de Zibbe (female goat) · nds-de Seeg (female goat) · ar مَعْزة (female goat) · cu коза (female goat) · nl geit (female goat) · de Mutterziege (female goat) · my ဆိတ်မ (female goat) · grc αἴξ (female goat) · he עֵז (female goat) · uk коза́ (female goat) · nn geit (female goat) · nds-de Zääg (female goat) · fr bique (female goat) · hy այծ (female goat) · uk цапи́ха (female goat) · vo jikapar (female goat) · fi kuttu (female goat) · ja 山羊 (female goat) · io kaprino (female goat) · gl craba (female goat) · de Zicke (female goat) · mk коза (female goat) · bg коза́ (female goat) · gl cabuxa (female goat) · ru коза́ (female goat) · cs koza (female goat) · txb ās (female goat) · nds-de Sääg (female goat) · la capella (female goat) · gl bode-seixo (female goat) · sq dhi (female goat) · fr chèvre (female goat) · eo kaprino (female goat) · pt cabra (female goat) · cmn 山羊 (female goat) · sh koza (female goat)