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see|Ewe
wikipedia|Sheep
English

Etymology
Old English �owu

Pronunciation
IPA|juw
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�
Homophones: you, yew, hue, hew

Noun
en-noun|ewe|pl2=ewes

1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Usage notes
Because of its pronunciation and despite its spelling, this word takes the definite article term|a rather than term|an.
Translations

Bosnian: ovca f
Breton: dañvadez f -ed p
Catalan: ovella f
Danish: moderfår
Dutch: ooi f
Ewe: alẽn�
Faroese: ær f
Finnish: uuhi
French: brebis f
German: Mutterschaf n, Aue f, Zibbe f, Zicke f
Greek: ��οβα�ίνα [pro�va�tina] f, α�νάδα [ar�naða] f, αμνάδα [a�mnaða] f
Icelandic: ær f
Italian: pecora f
mid
Latin: ovis (f)
Macedonian: ов�а f
Norwegian: søye c
Old English eowu|�owu
Portuguese: ovelha f
Russian: ов�а(ovtsa) f,��ка(yarka) f
Serbian
:Cyrillic: ов�а f
:Latin: ovca f
Slovene: ovca f
Spanish: oveja f, oveja madre f
Swedish: tacka c
Vietnamese: cuu cai

Anagrams
wee

See also
ram

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English palindromes
Category:Mammals

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• 2007-12-27 20:05 - Msh210 - /* Pronunciation */ +homophones

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