The bull, the cow and the calf are covered with hair. The ram, or wether, the ewe and the lamb have wool. The billy goat, the gelded goat, the she-goat and kid have long hair and beards.
Source: tatoeba (7355876)
Wether
//ˈwɛðɚ//
Synonyms for "wether" (24 found)
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Translations
85 translations across 41 languages.
Afar
1 entries- utkaalíyta noun (castrated goat)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἴξᾰλος noun (castrated goat)
Bulgarian
4 entries- скопен козел noun (castrated goat)
- скопен овен noun (castrated ram)
- скопя verb (to castrate a male sheep or goat)
- скопявам verb (to castrate a male sheep or goat)
Catalan
1 entries- moltó noun (castrated ram)
Czech
2 entries- hňup noun (castrated goat)
- skopec noun (castrated ram)
Danish
2 entries- bede noun (castrated goat)
- bede noun (castrated ram)
Dutch
2 entries- hamel noun (castrated ram)
- weer noun (castrated goat)
Esperanto
4 entries- eksvirkapro noun (castrated goat)
- kapruko noun (castrated goat)
- kastrita virkapro noun (castrated goat)
- kastrita virŝafo noun (castrated ram)
Faroese
1 entries- geldingur noun (castrated ram)
Finnish
4 entries- oinas noun (castrated ram)
- salvupukki noun (castrated goat)
- kuohita verb (to castrate a male sheep or goat)
- salvaa verb (to castrate a male sheep or goat)
Friulian
1 entries- monton noun (castrated ram)
Galician
4 entries- bode noun (castrated goat)
- castrón noun (castrated goat)
- godallo noun (castrated goat)
- roxelo noun (castrated ram)
German
4 entries- Hammel noun (castrated ram)
- Mönch noun (castrated goat)
- Schöps noun (castrated ram)
- kastrierter Ziegenbock noun (castrated goat)
Hausa
1 entries- taurḕ noun (castrated goat)
Hungarian
1 entries- ürü noun (castrated ram)
Irish
1 entries- molt noun (castrated ram)
Italian
1 entries- montone noun (castrated ram)
Kazakh
2 entries- серке noun (castrated goat)
- ісек noun (castrated ram)
Latin
2 entries- vervex noun (castrated goat)
- vervex noun (castrated ram)
Macedonian
1 entries- брав noun (castrated goat)
Mandinka
1 entries- baaseenoo noun (castrated goat)
Manx
2 entries- mohlt noun (castrated ram)
- mohltin noun (castrated ram)
Mwaghavul
1 entries- nkoor noun (castrated goat)
Māori
2 entries- hipi tame raho-poka noun (castrated ram)
- wēta noun (castrated ram)
Navajo
2 entries- dibé choʼádinii noun (castrated ram)
- tłʼízí choʼádinii noun (castrated goat)
Polabian
1 entries- sťüp noun (castrated ram)
Polish
1 entries- skop noun (castrated ram)
Portuguese
2 entries- carneiro castrado noun (castrated ram)
- castrão noun (castrated goat)
Romanian
1 entries- batal noun (castrated ram)
Romansch
2 entries- botsch chastrà noun (castrated ram)
- tschanc noun (castrated ram)
Russian
1 entries- валу́х noun (castrated ram)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cull-bhoc noun (castrated goat)
- eibhreannach noun (castrated goat)
- laos-boc noun (castrated goat)
- mult noun (castrated ram)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- brav noun (castrated goat)
- брав noun (castrated goat)
Spanish
3 entries- carnero castrado noun (castrated ram)
- castrón noun (castrated goat)
- castrón noun (castrated ram)
Swedish
3 entries- hammel noun (castrated goat)
- hammel noun (castrated ram)
- kastrerad bagge noun (castrated goat)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሶር noun (castrated goat)
Tocharian B
1 entries- alāᵤ noun (castrated goat)
Turkish
4 entries- burulmuş koç noun (castrated ram)
- burulmuş teke noun (castrated goat)
- iğdiş koç noun (castrated ram)
- iğdiş teke noun (castrated goat)
Tuvan
2 entries- ирт noun (castrated ram)
- серге noun (castrated goat)
Volapük
2 entries- hojip noun (castrated ram)
- hokapar noun (castrated goat)
Welsh
2 entries- gwedder noun (castrated ram)
- mollt(yn) noun (castrated ram)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
A wether is a castrated male sheep or goat. A bellwether was originally a wether who led a flock of other sheep; a bell was placed around his neck to help locate the animals.
Source: tatoeba (8658032)
Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.
Source: tatoeba (10614282)
"Weather" and "whether" are homonyms; be careful not to confuse them while writing. And of course neither should be confused with their other homonym, "wether", which refers to a castrated male goat.
Source: tatoeba (10622612)
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