ewe
ewe · ewes
вівця
овца, ярка
Schaf, Aue, weibliches Schaf, Mutterschaf
A female sheep, as opposed to a ramA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
/juː/
» Ziri milks the ewes every day.
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1 sensesA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
Schaf, weibliches Schaf, Mutterschaf
овца́ovcá, я́ркаjárka
вівця́vivcjá
female sheep
Examples
274 sentencesZiri milks the ewes every day.
Ziri came to milk the ewe.
Ziri went to milk the ewe.
Ziri took care of his ewes.
The ewe was in the yard.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
female sheep:
Русский
By meaning 1
female sheep:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
female sheep:
Origin
From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).
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Forms
plural: ewesSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin:Ewe language