Phrase guide

billy goat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A male goat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: childish

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

male goat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: billy, he-goat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: goat, caprine animal

History

Etymology

From the name Billy, early 19th c.

Across languages

Translations

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sqap — male goat
  • Albanian: cjap — male goat
  • Arabic: تَيْس (tays) — male goat
  • Chadian Arabic: تيس (tēs) — male goat
  • Arabic: تيس (tēs) — male goat
  • Armenian: նոխազ (noxaz) — male goat
  • Armenian: քաղ (kʻaġ) — male goat
  • Armenian: քոշ (kʻoš) — male goat
  • Assamese: মতা ছাগলী (mota sagoli) — male goat
  • Assamese: ভোবোলা (uncastrated) — male goat
  • Assamese: ভোবোলা ছাগলী ভোবোৰা (bhübüla sagoli) — male goat
  • Assamese: ভোবোৰা ছাগলী (bhübüra sagoli) — male goat
  • Asturian: castrón — male goat
  • Asturian: cabrón — male goat
  • Avestan: 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀 (būza) — male goat
  • Bashkir: тәкә (təkə) — male goat
  • Bashkir: кәзә тәкәһе (kəzə təkəhe) — male goat
  • Basque: aker — male goat
  • Belarusian: казёл (kazjól) — male goat
  • Breton: bouc’h — male goat
  • Bulgarian: козе́л m пръч (kozél) — male goat
  • Burmese: ဆိတ်ထီး (hcithti:) — male goat
  • Catalan: boc — male goat
  • Catalan: cabró — male goat
  • Chechen: бож class jj (bož) — male goat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雄山羊 (xióng shānyáng) — male goat
  • Czech: kozel — male goat
  • Danish: buk — male goat
  • Danish: gedebuk — male goat
  • Dutch: bok — male goat
  • Edo: ovbukhọ — male goat
  • Esperanto: virkapro — male goat
  • Esperanto: boko — male goat
  • Esperanto: kapriĉo — male goat
  • Faroese: geitarbukkur — male goat
  • Faroese: bukkur — male goat
  • Faroese: havur — male goat
  • Faroese: geitarhavur — male goat
  • Finnish: pukki — male goat
  • French: bouc — male goat
  • Friulian: cjavron — male goat
  • Friulian: čhavron — male goat
  • Galician: castrón — male goat
  • Galician: bode — male goat
  • Galician: cabrón — male goat
  • Galician: godallo — male goat
  • Georgian: ვაცი (vaci) — male goat
  • German: Ziegenbock — male goat
  • German: Geißbock — male goat
  • German: Bock — male goat
  • German: Ziegenmännchen — male goat
  • German: Geissbock — male goat
  • Middle High German: bock — male goat
  • Old High German: boc — male goat
  • Greek: τράγος (trágos) — male goat
  • Greek: τραγί (tragí) — male goat
  • Ancient Greek: τράγος (trágos) — male goat
  • Hebrew: תַּיִשׁ (táyish) — male goat
  • Hungarian: bakkecske — male goat
  • Ido: kaprulo — male goat
  • Igala: òbúkọ — male goat
  • Interlingua: capro — male goat
  • Irish: poc gabhair — male goat
  • Irish: pocán — male goat
  • Irish: boc — male goat
  • Old Irish: bocc — male goat
  • Italian: caprone — male goat
  • Italian: becco — male goat
  • Italian: capro — male goat
  • Italian: irco — male goat
  • Jamaican Creole: ram goat — male goat
  • Japanese: 雄山羊 (oyagi) — male goat
  • Japanese: 雄ヤギ (oyagi) — male goat
  • Kashmiri: ژھاوُل (ċhāvul) — male goat
  • Kazakh: теке (teke) — male goat
  • Korean: 숫염소 (sudyeomso) — male goat
  • Northern Kurdish: nêrî — male goat
  • Latin: hircus — male goat
  • Latin: caper — male goat
  • Latvian: āzis — male goat
  • Lezgi: кьун (q̇un) — male goat
  • Lithuanian: ožỹs — male goat
  • Low German: Buck — male goat
  • Low German: Zegenbuck — male goat
  • Low German: Zägenbuck — male goat
  • Low German: Segenbuck — male goat
  • Low German: Sägenbuck — male goat
  • Luxembourgish: Geessebock — male goat
  • Macedonian: јарец (jarec) — male goat
  • Macedonian: прч (prč) — male goat
  • Manx: bock goayr — male goat
  • Middle English: bucke — male goat
  • Mongolian: ухна (uxna) — male goat
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ûopòng — male goat
  • Navajo: tłʼízíchǫǫh — male goat
  • Navajo: tłʼízíkąʼ — male goat
  • Norman: bichot — male goat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geitebukk — male goat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geitebukk — male goat
  • Occitan: boc — male goat
  • Old Church Slavonic: козьлъ (kozĭlŭ) — male goat
  • Old English: bucca — male goat
  • Old English: hæfer — male goat
  • Old Norse: hafr — male goat
  • Old Norse: bukkr — male goat
  • Old Prussian: azuks — male goat
  • Persian: تگه (tage) — male goat
  • Persian: کل (kal) — male goat
  • Persian: شاک (šâk) — male goat
  • Persian: نهاز (nohâz) — male goat
  • Polish: kozioł — male goat
  • Polish: cap — male goat
  • Portuguese: bode — male goat
  • Portuguese: cabrão — male goat
  • Romanian: țap — male goat
  • Russian: козёл (kozjól) — male goat
  • Sanskrit: अज (aja) — male goat
  • Sanskrit: छाग (chāga) — male goat
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̏рац — male goat
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȁrac — male goat
  • Sicilian: beccu — male goat
  • Slovak: cap — male goat
  • Slovak: kozel — male goat
  • Slovene: kozel — male goat
  • Lower Sorbian: kózoł — male goat
  • Upper Sorbian: kоzоł — male goat
  • Spanish: cabro — male goat
  • Spanish: cabrón — male goat
  • Sundanese: embé jalu — male goat
  • Sundanese: badot — male goat
  • Swahili: beberu — male goat
  • Swedish: bock — male goat
  • Tagalog: lambayan — male goat
  • Turkish: teke — male goat
  • Ottoman Turkish: تكه (teke) — male goat
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركج (erkec) — male goat
  • Ukrainian: козе́л (kozél) — male goat
  • Ukrainian: цап (cap) — male goat
  • Uyghur: تېكە (tëke) — male goat
  • Venetan: cavron — male goat
  • Volapük: hikapar — male goat
  • Walloon: bok — male goat
  • Welsh: bwch — male goat
  • Wolof: sikket bi — male goat
  • Yiddish: צאַפּ (tsap) — male goat
  • Yiddish: באָק (bok) — male goat
  • Yoruba: òbúkọ — male goat
  • Yoruba: òrúkọ — male goat
  • Zazaki: khel — male goat
  • Zulu: imbuzi yebhili — male goat