Once a heifer has a calf, it is no longer a heifer; it is a cow.
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Heifer
//ˈhɛfə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "heifer" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
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More general
3 entriesat location
86 entriesShowing 16 of 86 words.
coordinate
5 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
113 translations across 72 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- ақабла noun (young cow)
Albanian
3 entries- mështjerrë noun (young cow)
- mëzatore noun (young cow)
- viçoke noun (young cow)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δάμαλις noun (young cow)
Arabic
2 entries- عِجْل noun (young cow)
- عِجْلَة noun (young cow)
Aramaic
2 entries- ܐܰܪܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ noun (young cow)
- ܥܶܓܠܬܳܐ noun (young cow)
Armenian
1 entries- երինջ noun (young cow)
Aromanian
1 entries- giuncã noun (young cow)
Assamese
1 entries- চেউৰী noun (young cow)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- düyə noun (young cow)
Bashkir
1 entries- тана noun (young cow)
Bulgarian
1 entries- юни́ца noun (young cow)
Czech
1 entries- jalovice noun (young cow)
Danish
1 entries- kvie noun (young cow)
Dutch
1 entries- vaars noun (young cow)
Eastern Mari
3 entries- ишаньык noun (young cow)
- туна noun (young cow)
- ушкалаш noun (young cow)
Esperanto
2 entries- bovidino noun (young cow)
- guno noun (young cow)
Estonian
1 entries- mullikas noun (young cow)
Faroese
1 entries- kvíga noun (young cow)
Finnish
2 entries- hieho noun (young cow)
- lehmä noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
French
3 entries- génisse noun (young cow)
- morue noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
- thon noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
Gagauz
1 entries- düvä noun (young cow)
Galician
3 entries- becerra noun (young cow)
- vitela noun (young cow)
- xuvenca noun (young cow)
German
4 entries- Färse noun (young cow)
- Kalbe noun (young cow)
- Kalbin noun (young cow)
- Queene noun (young cow)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 noun (young cow)
Greek
2 entries- αγελαδίτσα noun (young cow)
- δαμαλίδα noun (young cow)
Hungarian
1 entries- üsző noun (young cow)
Icelandic
1 entries- kvíga noun (young cow)
Ingrian
1 entries- lähtömä noun (young cow)
Irish
4 entries- bearach noun (young cow)
- bodóg noun (young cow)
- colann noun (young cow)
- collaid noun (young cow)
Italian
2 entries- giovenca noun (young cow)
- scottona noun (young cow)
Khowar
2 entries- أوزيتو noun (young cow)
- منس noun (young cow)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mori noun (young cow)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- кукань noun (young cow)
Latin
3 entries- iūnix noun (young cow)
- vaccula noun (young cow)
- vitula noun (young cow)
Latvian
1 entries- tele noun (young cow)
Maasai
1 entries- entawuo noun (young cow)
Macedonian
1 entries- јуница noun (young cow)
Malay
1 entries- heifer noun (young cow)
Manipuri
1 entries- ꯍꯥꯇꯝ noun (young cow)
Mazanderani
1 entries- تلم noun (young cow)
Middle English
1 entries- heyfre noun (young cow)
Māori
2 entries- hewha noun (young cow)
- kūao kau uha noun (young cow)
Norman
2 entries- geniche noun (young cow)
- géniche noun (young cow)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nagon noun (young cow)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kvige noun (young cow)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvige noun (young cow)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- юница noun (young cow)
Old English
1 entries- hēahfore noun (young cow)
Old Norse
1 entries- kvíga noun (young cow)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دوگه noun (young cow)
- طانا noun (young cow)
Persian
1 entries- تلیسه noun (young cow)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hocklinkj noun (young cow)
Polish
3 entries- cielica noun (young cow)
- jałowica noun (young cow)
- jałówka noun (young cow)
Portuguese
2 entries- bezerra noun (young cow)
- novilha noun (young cow)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਹਿੜੀ noun (young cow)
Romanian
3 entries- juncă noun (young cow)
- junincă noun (young cow)
- vițea noun (young cow)
Russian
3 entries- не́тель noun (young cow)
- тёлка noun (young cow)
- уро́дина noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
Sardinian
1 entries- tràila noun (young cow)
Scots
1 entries- quaig noun (young cow)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- jùnica noun (young cow)
- ју̀ница noun (young cow)
Slovak
1 entries- jalovica noun (young cow)
Slovene
1 entries- telica noun (young cow)
Spanish
4 entries- adefesio noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
- becerra noun (young cow)
- bruja noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
- vaquilla noun (young cow)
Swedish
1 entries- kviga noun (young cow)
Turkish
4 entries- ayı noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
- düve noun (young cow)
- manda noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
- sığır noun (ugly or objectionable woman)
Turkmen
1 entries- tüve noun (young cow)
Tuvan
1 entries- казыра noun (young cow)
Udmurt
1 entries- кунян noun (young cow)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тели́ця noun (young cow)
Vilamovian
1 entries- kołw noun (young cow)
Western Mari
1 entries- туна noun (young cow)
Wolof
1 entries- wulu noun (young cow)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Its father was a very good bull, and I am expecting her to give me a very good heifer.
Source: tatoeba (10786896)
And the Lord ſpake vnto Moſes and vnto Aaron, ſaying, This is the ordinance of the Law, which the Lord hath commaunded, ſaying, Speak vnto the childꝛen of Iſrael, that they bꝛing thee a red heifer without ſpot, wherein is no blemiſh, and vpon which neuer came yoke.
Source: wiktionary
We muſt be neat; not neat, but cleanly, Captaine: / And yet the Steere, the Heycfer^([sic]), and the Calfe, / Are all call'd Neat.
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