ewe
see also: Ewe
Pronunciation Noun
Ewe
Pronunciation
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see also: Ewe
Pronunciation Noun
ewe (plural ewes)
- A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
- Antonyms: ram
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 31:38 ↗:
- This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy shee goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
- French: brebis
- German: Schaf, weibliches Schaf (for clarity), Mutterschaf (chiefly when with young), Zibbe (regional), Aue (obsolete)
- Italian: pecora
- Portuguese: ovelha
- Russian: овца́
- Spanish: oveja, oveja madre
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.weɪ/, /ˈeɪ.veɪ/
- An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo
and Benin.
- The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.
- Russian: эве
ewe (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.
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