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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescordeiro
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /koɾˈdei.ɾu/
"O cordeiro pequeno está comendo grama."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A young sheep, typically less than one year old.
"The farmer bottle-fed the newborn lamb in the warm barn." - 2
The flesh of a young sheep eaten as meat.
"We had roasted lamb with mint sauce for Sunday dinner."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'lamb', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'lam' and German 'Lamm'. The root is ultimately traceable to Proto-Indo-European *lem-, meaning 'crippled' or 'weak', though historically applied simply to the young of the sheep.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lamb" is said worldwide
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agneau
Transliteration: /a.ɲo/
"L'agneau broute de l'herbe fraîche dans le pré."
Lamm
Transliteration: /lam/
"Das kleine Lamm springt über die Wiese."
agnello
Transliteration: /aɲˈɲɛl.lo/
"L'agnello belva dolcemente vicino alla madre."
cordero
Transliteration: /korˈde.ɾo/
"El cordero corre feliz por el campo."
cordeiro
Transliteration: /koɾˈdei.ɾu/
"O cordeiro pequeno está comendo grama."
मेaना
Transliteration: memna
Script: मेमना
"घास में एक छोटा मेमना कूद रहा है।"
羊羔
Transliteration: yáng gāo
"草地上有一只可爱的小羊羔。"
새끼 양
Transliteration: saek-ki yang
"초원에는 귀여운 새끼 양들이 뛰어놀고 있다."
子羊
Transliteration: koyhitsuji
"牧草地で子羊が跳ね回っています。"
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