lamb

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A young sheep.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A young goat; a kid.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
5. (countable, uncountable) Lambskin.
6. (countable, uncountable) A simple, unsophisticated person.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

Conceptes

xai

🐑

anyell

ovella

🐑

be

corder

🐑

anyellar

carn de be

carn de xai

ovella ovelles

Sinònims

sheep

🐑

kid

🧒

lambkin

mutton

dear

goat

🐐

yeanling

spring lamb

beef

ewe

ram

🐏

baby lamb

lambskin

young sheep

scur

baa-lamb

cosset

etc.

ewes

mouton

ovine

simpleton

yean

small sheep

disbudding

longwool

sheepy

Traduccions

agneau

🐑

agnello

🐑

Lamm

🐑

cordero

🐑

cordeiro

🐑

lam

🐑

αρνί

kuzu

🐑

lamsvlees

Lammfleisch

🐑

agnus

🐑

berx

🐑

mouton

🐑

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/læm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lamb

Heretat de anglès antic: lamb

Cognat amb neerlandès: lam

Cognat amb alemany: Lamm

Cognat amb bavarès: Lamperl

Cognat amb danès: lam

Cognat amb suec: lamm

Cognat amb finès: lammas

Cognat amb gaèlic escocès: lon

Cognat amb grec antic: ἔλαφος

In summary

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.
See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.