geit

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine) goat, any member of the genus Capra
2. (feminine) goat (Capra aegagrus) or the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
3. (feminine) any female of the genus Capra or of the above (sub)species
4. (derogatory, feminine, informal, mildly) a silly or foolish person, particularly said of girls or adolescent women

Concepts

chèvre

🐐

bouc

bique

biquet

🧒

chevreau

🧒

bonne d’enfant

chevre

Synonymes

bok

sik

meisje

Traductions

goat

🐐

Ziege

🐐

cabra

cabra

capra

🐐

κατσίκα

cabra

🐐

keçi

🐐

Geiß

🐐

bode

capra

Zicke

cabra

she-goat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɣɛi̯t/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: geit

Hérité de Old Dutch: *geit

In summary

From Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch *geit, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.