ewe
see also: Ewe
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /juː/
  • (Ireland) IPA: /joː/
Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  1. 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.
Translations
Ewe
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈeɪ.weɪ/, /ˈeɪ.veɪ/
Noun
  1. An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo and Benin.
Proper noun
  1. The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.
Translations
  • Russian: эве
Adjective

ewe (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.



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