Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals.
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Sheep
//ʃiːp//
Synonyms for "sheep" (130 found)
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Afrikaans
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Ainu
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Akkadian
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Albanian
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Amharic
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Ancient Greek
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Ao
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Arabic
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Armenian
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Aromanian
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Aymara
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Bakhtiari
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Balinese
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Baluchi
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Bangi
1 entries- mbata noun (animal)
Bashkir
1 entries- һарыҡ noun (animal)
Basque
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Bau Bidayuh
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Belarusian
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Bengali
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Brahui
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Breton
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Bulgarian
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2 entries- ဆိတ်ကုလား noun (animal)
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Buryat
1 entries- хонин noun (animal)
Catalan
1 entries- ovella noun (animal)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مەڕ noun (animal)
Central Melanau
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Chechen
1 entries- уьстагӏ noun (animal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏫ ᎤᏃᏕᎾ noun (animal)
Chichewa
1 entries- nkhosa noun (animal)
Chickasaw
2 entries- chokfi noun (animal)
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Chinese
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Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
- 羊 noun (animal)
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Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
- 羊 noun (animal)
Chiricahua
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Chuvash
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Crimean Tatar
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Czech
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1 entries- biri-biri noun (animal)
Danish
1 entries- får noun (animal)
Dari
3 entries- قُوچ noun (animal)
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Daur
1 entries- xonii noun (animal)
Dongxiang
1 entries- ghoni noun (animal)
Dutch
1 entries- schaap noun (animal)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ལུག noun (animal)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- шорык noun (animal)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
Edo
1 entries- óhuán noun (animal)
Esperanto
2 entries- timidulo noun (one who behaves shyly)
- ŝafo noun (animal)
Estonian
1 entries- lammas noun (animal)
Evenki
1 entries- беру noun (animal)
Ewe
1 entries- alẽ noun (animal)
Faroese
1 entries- seyður noun (animal)
Finnish
2 entries- hiirulainen noun (one who behaves shyly)
- lammas noun (animal)
French
1 entries- mouton noun (animal)
Friulian
2 entries- fede noun (animal)
- piore noun (animal)
Galician
4 entries- almella noun (animal)
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Gamilaraay
1 entries- thimba noun (animal)
Gaulish
1 entries- multon noun (animal)
Ge'ez
1 entries- በግዕ noun (animal)
Georgian
1 entries- ცხვარი noun (animal)
German
1 entries- Schaf noun (animal)
Gondi
1 entries- గొర్రె noun (animal)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 noun (animal)
Greek
2 entries- πρόβατο noun (animal)
- πρόβατο noun (one who behaves shyly)
Greenlandic
1 entries- sava noun (animal)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઘેટું noun (animal)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- mouton noun (animal)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
Hausa
1 entries- tunkìyā noun (animal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hipa noun (animal)
Hebrew
2 entries- כֶּבֶשׂ noun (animal)
- שֶׂה noun (one who behaves shyly)
Hindi
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Hungarian
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- birka noun (one who behaves shyly)
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Icelandic
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Ido
1 entries- mutono noun (animal)
Ifè
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Igala
2 entries- àgwùtọ̀ noun (animal)
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Igbo
1 entries- atụlū noun (animal)
Inari Sami
1 entries- savzâ noun (animal)
Indonesian
3 entries- biri-biri noun (animal)
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Ingrian
1 entries- lammas noun (animal)
Ingush
1 entries- устагӏ noun (animal)
Interlingua
3 entries- ove noun (animal)
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4 entries- بُزْدِل noun (one who behaves shyly)
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Iraqi Arabic
1 entries- غنم noun (animal)
Irish
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Italian
2 entries- pecora noun (animal)
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Itsekiri
1 entries- àgútàn noun (animal)
Izon
1 entries- ọnị́na noun (animal)
Japanese
3 entries- ヒツジ noun (animal)
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Javanese
1 entries- wedhus noun (animal)
Jeju
1 entries- 양 noun (animal)
Jicarilla
1 entries- dibé noun (animal)
Jurchen
1 entries- honi noun (animal)
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1 entries- ikerri noun (animal)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хөн noun (animal)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕುರಿ noun (animal)
Karelian
1 entries- lammas noun (animal)
Karo Batak
1 entries- biri-biri noun (animal)
Kashmiri
2 entries- کَٹھ noun (animal)
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Kashubian
1 entries- òwca noun (animal)
Kazakh
1 entries- қой noun (animal)
Khmer
1 entries- ចៀម noun (animal)
Kituba
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Komi-Permyak
1 entries- ыж noun (animal)
Kongo
1 entries- meme noun (animal)
Korean
2 entries- 면양 noun (animal)
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Kyrgyz
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Ladin
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Lak
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Lao
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Latvian
2 entries- aita noun (animal)
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Laz
1 entries- ჩხური noun (animal)
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1 entries- pêgoa noun (animal)
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1 entries- sjaop noun (animal)
Lingala
2 entries- meme noun (animal)
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Lithuanian
3 entries- avelė noun (one who behaves shyly)
- avis noun (animal)
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Livonian
1 entries- lāmbaz noun (animal)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- mouton noun (animal)
Low German
2 entries- Schaap noun (animal)
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Lower Sorbian
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Luhya
2 entries- likhese noun (animal)
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1 entries- oilam noun (animal)
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1 entries- tuv noun (animal)
Luwian
1 entries- 𒄩𒀀𒌑𒄿𒅖 noun (animal)
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1 entries- Schof noun (animal)
Lycian
1 entries- 𐊜𐊀𐊇𐊙 noun (animal)
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1 entries- ᦵᦈᧃ noun (animal)
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1 entries- ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ noun (animal)
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Maranao
1 entries- bili-bili noun (animal)
Marathi
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Mongolian
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Mycenaean Greek
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Māori
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Nahuatl
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Nanai
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Nepali
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Nias
1 entries- biri-biri noun (animal)
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1 entries- sheep noun (animal)
Norman
1 entries- mouton noun (animal)
North Frisian
2 entries- schep noun (animal)
- schäip noun (animal)
Northern Kurdish
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1 entries- sávza noun (animal)
Norwegian
2 entries- får noun (animal)
- sau noun (animal)
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1 entries- kingbàgbà noun (animal)
Occitan
2 entries- feda noun (animal)
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Odia
1 entries- ମେଣ୍ଢା noun (animal)
Ojibwe
1 entries- maanishtaanish noun (animal)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- овьца noun (animal)
Old English
1 entries- scēap noun (animal)
Old Irish
1 entries- cauru noun (animal)
Old Norse
2 entries- fær noun (animal)
- sauðr noun (animal)
Olukumi
1 entries- àgùntàn noun (animal)
Oromo
1 entries- hoolaa noun (animal)
Ossetian
1 entries- фыс noun (animal)
Ottoman Turkish
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Pannonian Rusyn
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Portuguese
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Punic
1 entries- 𐤔 noun (animal)
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2 entries- بھیڈ noun (animal)
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Quechua
1 entries- uwija noun (animal)
Rohingya
1 entries- sóol noun (animal)
Romagnol
2 entries- pégra noun (animal)
- pégura noun (animal)
Romani
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- bakro noun (animal)
Romanian
1 entries- oaie noun (animal)
Romansch
3 entries- besch noun (animal)
- nuorsa noun (animal)
- nursa noun (animal)
Russian
4 entries- а́гнец noun (one who behaves shyly)
- ове́чка noun (animal)
- ове́чка noun (one who behaves shyly)
- овца́ noun (animal)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- သိ noun (animal)
Samoan
1 entries- mamoe noun (animal)
Sango
1 entries- walitaba noun (animal)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अवि noun (animal)
- अविक noun (animal)
Santali
1 entries- ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ noun (animal)
Sardinian
4 entries- argasa noun (animal)
- barveghe noun (animal)
- berbeghe noun (animal)
- brebei noun (animal)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Skäip noun (animal)
Scots
1 entries- sheep noun (animal)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- caora noun (animal)
- caora noun (one who behaves shyly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jagnje noun (animal)
- janje noun (animal)
- ovan noun (animal)
- ovca noun (animal)
Seychellois Creole
1 entries- mouton noun (animal)
Shan
1 entries- သူဝ်း noun (animal)
Sidamo
1 entries- gerechcho noun (animal)
Simeulue
1 entries- biri-biri noun (animal)
Sindhi
1 entries- رڍ noun (animal)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බැටළුවා noun (animal)
Slovak
1 entries- ovca noun (animal)
Slovene
2 entries- ôvca noun (animal)
- ôven noun (animal)
Somali
1 entries- ido noun (animal)
Sotho
2 entries- dinku noun (animal)
- nku noun (animal)
Spanish
4 entries- borrego noun (one who behaves shyly)
- carnero noun (animal)
- oveja noun (animal)
- papanatas noun (one who behaves shyly)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒇻 noun (animal)
Swahili
1 entries- kondoo noun (animal)
Swedish
1 entries- får noun (animal)
Tagalog
2 entries- obeha noun (animal)
- tupa noun (animal)
Tajik
1 entries- гӯсфанд noun (animal)
Talysh
2 entries- pəs noun (animal)
- پس noun (animal)
Tamil
1 entries- செம்மறியாடு noun (animal)
Taos
1 entries- kʼúona noun (animal)
Tatar
1 entries- сарык noun (animal)
Telugu
2 entries- గొర్రె noun (animal)
- గొర్రె noun (one who behaves shyly)
Tetum
1 entries- bibi malae noun (animal)
Thai
1 entries- แกะ noun (animal)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལུག noun (animal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- በጊዕ noun (animal)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śaiyye noun (animal)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- sipsip noun (animal)
Tongan
1 entries- sipi noun (animal)
Tooro
1 entries- entaama class 9 noun (animal)
Tsakonian
1 entries- βάννε noun (animal)
Tsonga
1 entries- nyimpfu noun (animal)
Tswana
1 entries- nku noun (animal)
Tumbuka
1 entries- mberere noun (animal)
Turkish
1 entries- koyun noun (animal)
Turkmen
1 entries- goýun noun (animal)
Tuvan
1 entries- хой noun (animal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вівця́ noun (animal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wowca noun (animal)
Urdu
3 entries- بھیڑ noun (animal)
- میش noun (animal)
- گوسْفَنْد noun (animal)
Uyghur
1 entries- قوي noun (animal)
Uzbek
2 entries- goʻsfand noun (animal)
- qoʻy noun (animal)
Venetan
4 entries- feda noun (animal)
- féda noun (animal)
- pigora noun (animal)
- piovra noun (animal)
Veps
1 entries- lambaz noun (animal)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cừu noun (animal)
Vilamovian
1 entries- siöf noun (animal)
Volapük
1 entries- jip noun (animal)
Votic
1 entries- lammõz noun (animal)
Võro
1 entries- lammas noun (animal)
Walloon
2 entries- bedot noun (animal)
- moton noun (animal)
Welsh
2 entries- dafad noun (animal)
- defaid noun (animal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- skiep noun (animal)
Western Apache
4 entries- bee’é noun (animal)
- dibéé noun (animal)
- dibéłįį noun (animal)
- dobéé noun (animal)
Western Mari
1 entries- шарык noun (animal)
Wolof
1 entries- xar mi noun (animal)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 湖羊 noun (animal)
- 綿羊 /绵羊 noun (animal)
Yakut
1 entries- хой noun (animal)
Yiddish
2 entries- שאָף noun (animal)
- שעפּס noun (animal)
Yoruba
1 entries- àgùtàn noun (animal)
Zazaki
2 entries- kavır (diq) noun (animal)
- mi noun (animal)
Zhuang
1 entries- yiengz noun (animal)
Zulu
1 entries- imvu noun (animal)
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It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.
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And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.
Source: tatoeba (19487)
We cannot separate the sheep from the goats by appearance.
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