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see|Ewe
wikipedia|Sheep
English
Etymology
Old English Ä“owu
Pronunciation
IPA|juw
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-uË|-uË
Homophones: you, yew, hue, hew
Noun
en-noun|ewe|pl2=ewes
- 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: alẽnɔ
Faroese: ær f
Finnish: uuhi
French:
brebis f
German: Mutterschaf n, Aue f, Zibbe f, Zicke f
Greek:
Ï€Ïοβατίνα [proÌžvaˈtina] f,
αÏνάδα [arˈnaða] f,
αμνάδα [aˈmnaða] f
Icelandic: ær
f
Italian: pecora f
mid
Latin: ovis (f)
Macedonian:
овца f
Norwegian: søye c
Old English eowu|Ä“owu
Portuguese: ovelha
f
Russian: овца(ovtsa) f,Ñрка(yarka) f
Serbian
:Cyrillic: овца 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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