lamb

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

agnello

🐑

abbacchio

🐑

pecora

🐑

agnellino

🐑

capra

🐐

pecoro

🐏

pollo

🐔

pecorella

agnella

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

agneau

🐑

Lamm

🐑

cordero

🐑

lam

🐑

cordeiro

🐑

αρνί

kuzu

🐑

agnus

🐑

Lammfleisch

🐑

lamsvlees

xai

🐑

berx

🐑

mouton

🐑

αμνός

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/læm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lamb

Ereditato da inglese antico: lamb

Affine olandese: lam

Affine tedesco: Lamm

Affine bavarese: Lamperl

Affine danese: lam

Affine svedese: lamm

Affine finlandese: lammas

Affine gaelico scozzese: lon

Affine greco antico: 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.