bellwether

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlwɛðə/
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• General-American: /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 L W EH2 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Germanic *bellǭ Proto-West Germanic *bellā Old English belle Middle English belle Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *wétrusder. Proto-Germanic *weþruz Proto-West Germanic *weþru Old English weþer Middle English wether Middle English belwether English bellwether From Middle English belwether, belleweder, equivalent to bell + wether (“castrated ram”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përçór — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Albanian: ballëtór /ballëtár — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Albanian: rrúgës — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Albanian: kallaúz — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Catalan: esqueller — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Czech: ovce vedoucí stádo — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Dutch: belhamel — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Finnish: kellokas — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• French: menon — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• German: Leithammel — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Hebrew: משכוכית — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Japanese: 鈴つき羊 (suzu tsuki hitsuji) — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Norwegian Bokmål: bjellesau — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Polish: owca-przodownica — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Serbo-Croatian: ovan predvodnik — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Sicilian: crastu campanaru — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Spanish: manso — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Swedish: skällgumse — the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck
• Czech: indikátor — anything that indicates future trends
• Czech: ukazovatel — anything that indicates future trends
• Czech: barometr — anything that indicates future trends
• Czech: předzvěst — anything that indicates future trends
• Dutch: trendsetter — anything that indicates future trends
• Finnish: ennusmerkki — anything that indicates future trends
• French: indicateur — anything that indicates future trends
• German: Trendsetter — anything that indicates future trends
• German: Trendbarometer — anything that indicates future trends
• German: Indikator — anything that indicates future trends
• German: Vorbote — anything that indicates future trends
• Japanese: 前触れ (maebure) — anything that indicates future trends
• Japanese: 兆し (kizashi) — anything that indicates future trends
• Japanese: 兆候 (chōkō) — anything that indicates future trends
• Japanese: しるし (shirushi) — anything that indicates future trends
• Polish: wskaźnik — anything that indicates future trends
• Portuguese: indicador — anything that indicates future trends
• Portuguese: barômetro — anything that indicates future trends
• Slovak: indikátor — anything that indicates future trends
• Slovak: ukazovateľ — anything that indicates future trends
• Slovak: barometer — anything that indicates future trends
• Spanish: barómetro — anything that indicates future trends
• Swedish: rättesnöre — anything that indicates future trends
• Dutch: trendsetter — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
• German: führender Wert — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
• German: Indikator — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
• Japanese: 指標 (shihyō) — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
• Polish: wskaźnik — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
• Spanish: barómetro — a stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition