Have you got any preference between beef and lamb?
Source: tatoeba (19484)
Lamb
//læm//
Synonyms for "lamb" (136 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Synonyms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
5 entriesderived
67 entriesShowing 16 of 67 words.
has context
3 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
313 translations across 139 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- а-сы́с noun (young sheep)
- а-ҭсы́с noun (young sheep)
Adyghe
1 entries- шъынэ noun (young sheep)
Albanian
4 entries- bec noun (young sheep)
- qengj noun (young sheep)
- rrunë noun (young sheep)
- sheleg noun (young sheep)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀμνός noun (young sheep)
- ἀρήν noun (young sheep)
Arabic
4 entries- أُوزي noun (young sheep)
- حولي noun (young sheep)
- حَمَل noun (young sheep)
- حَمَل noun (young sheep)
Armenian
1 entries- գառ noun (young sheep)
Aromanian
3 entries- njauã noun (young sheep)
- njel noun (young sheep)
- njioarã noun (young sheep)
Asturian
2 entries- corderu noun (young sheep)
- corderu noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Avar
1 entries- къегӏер noun (young sheep)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- quzu noun (young sheep)
Bakhtiari
1 entries- بره noun (young sheep)
Bashkir
1 entries- бәрәс noun (young sheep)
Basque
2 entries- arkume noun (young sheep)
- bildots noun (meek person)
Bats
3 entries- ბოტ noun (young sheep)
- ბოჰ̡ noun (young sheep)
- ჩუჲხი̂ noun (young sheep)
Belarusian
4 entries- бара́нчык noun (young sheep)
- ягня́ noun (young sheep)
- ягня́ціна noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- ягнё noun (young sheep)
Breton
1 entries- oan noun (young sheep)
Bulgarian
3 entries- а́гне noun (young sheep)
- агнешко noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- обагням се verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
Burmese
2 entries- သိုးကလေး noun (young sheep)
- သိုးသား noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Buryat
1 entries- хурьган noun (young sheep)
Catalan
4 entries- anyell noun (young sheep)
- be noun (young sheep)
- corder noun (young sheep)
- xai noun (young sheep)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بەرخ noun (young sheep)
- گۆشتی بەرخ noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Chechen
1 entries- ӏахар noun (young sheep)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 羊肉 noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- 羔羊 noun (meek person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 羊羔 noun (young sheep)
- 羊肉 noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- 羔 noun (young sheep)
- 羔羊 noun (young sheep)
Church Slavic
2 entries- агньць noun (young sheep)
- агнѧ noun (young sheep)
Chuvash
1 entries- путек noun (young sheep)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- ichcaconētl noun (young sheep)
Cornish
1 entries- on noun (young sheep)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qozu noun (young sheep)
Czech
3 entries- beránek noun (young sheep)
- jehně noun (young sheep)
- jehněčí noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Dalmatian
2 entries- anjial noun (young sheep)
- sugol noun (young sheep)
Danish
3 entries- lam noun (young sheep)
- lammekød noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- læmme verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
Dutch
4 entries- lam noun (young sheep)
- lam noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- lammetje noun (young sheep)
- lamsvlees noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝafidaĵo noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- ŝafido noun (young sheep)
Estonian
1 entries- tall noun (young sheep)
Faroese
1 entries- lamb noun (young sheep)
Finnish
4 entries- karitsa noun (young sheep)
- karitsa noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- karitsanliha noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- lammas noun (meek person)
French
4 entries- agneau noun (young sheep)
- agneau noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- agnelle noun (young sheep)
- mettre bas verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
Friulian
1 entries- agnel noun (young sheep)
Galician
4 entries- andosco noun (young sheep)
- añagota noun (young sheep)
- año noun (young sheep)
- carruxo noun (young sheep)
Georgian
3 entries- ბატკანი noun (young sheep)
- ბატკნის ხორცი noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- კრავი noun (young sheep)
German
3 entries- Lamm noun (young sheep)
- Lamm noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- Lammfleisch noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 noun (young sheep)
- 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 noun (young sheep)
Greek
3 entries- αρνάκι noun (meek person)
- αρνί noun (young sheep)
- αρνί noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Greenlandic
1 entries- savaaraq noun (young sheep)
Hebrew
4 entries- טָלֶה noun (young sheep)
- טָלֶה noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- כֶּבֶשׂ noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- שֶׂה noun (young sheep)
Hindi
2 entries- बर्रा noun (young sheep)
- मेमना noun (young sheep)
Hungarian
2 entries- bárány noun (young sheep)
- bárányhús noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Icelandic
3 entries- lamb noun (young sheep)
- lamb noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- lambakjöt noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Ido
4 entries- mutonyunino noun (young sheep)
- mutonyuno noun (young sheep)
- mutonyunokarno noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- mutonyunulo noun (young sheep)
Indonesian
2 entries- anak domba noun (young sheep)
- cempe noun (young sheep)
Ingrian
2 entries- karitsa noun (young sheep)
- voonna noun (young sheep)
Ingush
1 entries- ӏаьхарг noun (young sheep)
Irish
2 entries- uaineoil noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- uan noun (young sheep)
Italian
4 entries- agnella noun (young sheep)
- agnellino noun (young sheep)
- agnello noun (young sheep)
- agnello noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Japanese
4 entries- ラム noun (young sheep)
- ラム noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- 子羊 noun (young sheep)
- 小羊 noun (young sheep)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ noun (young sheep)
Kabardian
1 entries- щынэ noun (young sheep)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хурһн noun (young sheep)
Kashmiri
1 entries- چھِرٕ noun (young sheep)
Korean
2 entries- 양고기 noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- 어린양 noun (young sheep)
Ladino
1 entries- kodrero noun (young sheep)
Laki
2 entries- وەرک noun (young sheep)
- ڤەرک noun (young sheep)
Latin
3 entries- agnellus noun (young sheep)
- agnina noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- agnus noun (young sheep)
Latvian
1 entries- jērs noun (young sheep)
Laz
1 entries- მჩხუიში თიკანი noun (young sheep)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ėriukas noun (young sheep)
Livonian
3 entries- ūoņi noun (young sheep)
- ūoņki noun (young sheep)
- ūoņõz noun (young sheep)
Low German
4 entries- Aulamm noun (young sheep)
- Bucklamm noun (young sheep)
- Bählamm noun (young sheep)
- Lamm noun (young sheep)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- jagnje noun (young sheep)
- jagnjece měso noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- jagnjeśina noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Macedonian
1 entries- јагне noun (young sheep)
Malay
1 entries- anak biri-biri noun (young sheep)
Maltese
2 entries- ħaruf noun (young sheep)
- ħaruf noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Manx
1 entries- eayn noun (young sheep)
Marathi
1 entries- कोकरू noun (young sheep)
Mariupol Greek
1 entries- арны́ noun (young sheep)
Mazanderani
1 entries- ورکا noun (young sheep)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- ńel noun (young sheep)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- jijgluewji'j noun (young sheep)
Mingrelian
1 entries- კირიბი noun (young sheep)
Mongolian
1 entries- хурга noun (young sheep)
Māori
1 entries- reme noun (young sheep)
Navajo
1 entries- dibé yázhí noun (young sheep)
Norman
1 entries- angné noun (young sheep)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- berx noun (young sheep)
Norwegian
1 entries- lam noun (young sheep)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lammekjøtt noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lammekjøt noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- lammekjøtt noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Occitan
2 entries- anhèl noun (young sheep)
- anhèla noun (young sheep)
Old Armenian
1 entries- գառն noun (young sheep)
Old East Slavic
3 entries- агньць noun (young sheep)
- агнѧ noun (young sheep)
- ꙗгнѧ noun (young sheep)
Old English
2 entries- lamb noun (young sheep)
- ēanian verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
Old French
1 entries- agniau noun (young sheep)
Old Irish
1 entries- úan noun (young sheep)
Old Norse
1 entries- lamb noun (young sheep)
Ossetian
2 entries- далыс noun (young sheep)
- уӕрыкк noun (young sheep)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قوزی noun (young sheep)
- قوزی noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Persian
2 entries- بره noun (young sheep)
- گوسفند noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Polabian
1 entries- jogną noun (young sheep)
Polish
3 entries- baranek noun (young sheep)
- jagnię noun (young sheep)
- jagnięcina noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Portuguese
4 entries- anho noun (young sheep)
- cordeiro noun (young sheep)
- cordeiro noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- cordeiro noun (meek person)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਲੇਲਾ noun (young sheep)
Romanian
4 entries- mia noun (young sheep)
- miel noun (young sheep)
- miel noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- mielușel noun (meek person)
Romansch
2 entries- agnè noun (young sheep)
- tschut noun (young sheep)
Russian
4 entries- а́гнец noun (young sheep)
- а́гнец noun (meek person)
- бара́нина noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- бара́шек noun (young sheep)
Sardinian
3 entries- angione noun (young sheep)
- anzone noun (young sheep)
- bitti noun (young sheep)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Loum noun (young sheep)
Scots
1 entries- lammie noun (young sheep)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- feòil-uain noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- uan noun (young sheep)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jagnje noun (young sheep)
- jagnjetina noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- janje noun (young sheep)
- јагње noun (young sheep)
Sicilian
1 entries- agneddu noun (young sheep)
Slovak
2 entries- baránok noun (young sheep)
- jahňa noun (young sheep)
Slovene
3 entries- jagnjetína noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- jágnje noun (young sheep)
- jágnjetina noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- وەرک noun (young sheep)
Spanish
4 entries- borrega noun (meek person)
- borrego noun (meek person)
- carne de cordero noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- cordero noun (young sheep)
Svan
1 entries- ჟინაღ noun (young sheep)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanakondoo noun (young sheep)
Swedish
3 entries- lamm noun (young sheep)
- lamm noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- lammkött noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Tagalog
2 entries- kordero noun (young sheep)
- tupa noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Talysh
1 entries- və noun (young sheep)
Taos
1 entries- kʼùoʼȕʼúna noun (young sheep)
Tarifit
1 entries- izmar noun (young sheep)
Tat
1 entries- vərə noun (young sheep)
Turkish
4 entries- kuzu noun (young sheep)
- kuzu noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- kuzu noun (meek person)
- kuzulamak verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
Tuvan
1 entries- хураган noun (flesh of lamb as food)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎛𐎎𐎗 noun (young sheep)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бара́нчик noun (young sheep)
- ягня́ noun (young sheep)
- ягня́тина noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- ягня́тко noun (young sheep)
Uyghur
1 entries- پاقلان noun (young sheep)
Venetan
4 entries- agnel noun (young sheep)
- agneło noun (young sheep)
- ciot noun (young sheep)
- gnel noun (young sheep)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cừu con noun (young sheep)
- cừu non noun (young sheep)
Volapük
4 entries- hijipül noun (young sheep)
- jijipül noun (young sheep)
- jipül noun (young sheep)
- jipülil noun (young sheep)
Votic
1 entries- võdnõ noun (young sheep)
Walloon
2 entries- agnea noun (young sheep)
- bedot noun (young sheep)
Welsh
3 entries- cig oen noun (flesh of lamb as food)
- oen noun (young sheep)
- wyna verb (of a sheep, to give birth)
West-Frisian
1 entries- lamme noun (young sheep)
Wolof
1 entries- mbote mi noun (young sheep)
Yakut
1 entries- бараан оҕото noun (young sheep)
Yiddish
1 entries- לאַם noun (young sheep)
Zazaki
2 entries- kavır (diq) noun (young sheep)
- kavırek noun (young sheep)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
This child is as gentle as a lamb today.
Source: tatoeba (59089)
The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.
Source: tatoeba (63882)
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!
Source: tatoeba (239299)
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