lamb

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlæm/
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈlam/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈlæm/
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• [ˈlæm] without æ-raising
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• [ˈlɛə̯m] ~ [ˈleə̯m] æ-raising
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• Australian: /ˈlæːm/
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• [ˈlɛːm] ~ [ˈleːm] æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlɛm/
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1. From Middle English lamb as a nickname. 2. From a short form of Lambert. 3. Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain. 4. Possibly also a translation of French agneau.

See Lamb of God. See also lamb.

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h1l̥h1onbhos, enlargement of *h1elh1én, ultimately from *h1el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

See lamb.

313 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а-сы́с (a-sə́s) — young sheep
• Abkhaz: а-ҭсы́с (a-tsə́s) — young sheep
• Albanian: qengj — young sheep
• Albanian: bec — young sheep
• Albanian: sheleg — young sheep
• Albanian: rrunë — young sheep
• Arabic: حَمَل (ḥamal) — young sheep
• Arabic: خَرُوف (ḵarūf) — young sheep
• Arabic: أُوزي (ʔūzī) — young sheep
• Arabic: خروف (ḵrūf) — young sheep
• Arabic: خروفة (ḵrūfa) — young sheep
• Arabic: نعجة (naʕja) — young sheep
• Arabic: حولي (ḥawli) — young sheep
• Arabic: خروف (ḵarūf) — young sheep
• Arabic: حَمَل (ḥamal) — young sheep
• Armenian: գառ (gaṙ) — young sheep
• Old Armenian: գառն (gaṙn) — young sheep
• Aromanian: njel — young sheep
• Aromanian: njauã — young sheep
• Aromanian: njioarã — young sheep
• Asturian: corderu — young sheep
• Avar: къегӏер (qxʼeʻer) — young sheep
• Azerbaijani: quzu — young sheep
• Bakhtiari: بره (bare) — young sheep
• Bashkir: бәрәс (bərəs) — young sheep
• Basque: arkume — young sheep
• Bats: ბოტ (boṭ) — young sheep
• Bats: ბოჰ̡ (boh̡) — young sheep
• Bats: ჩუჲხი̂ (čuyxî) — young sheep
• Belarusian: ягня́ (jahnjá) — young sheep
• Belarusian: ягнё (jahnjó) — young sheep
• Belarusian: бара́нчык (baránčyk) — young sheep
• Breton: oan — young sheep
• Bulgarian: а́гне (ágne) — young sheep
• Burmese: သိုးကလေး (sui:ka.le:) — young sheep
• Buryat: хурьган (xurʹgan) — young sheep
• Catalan: xai — young sheep
• Catalan: anyell — young sheep
• Catalan: corder — young sheep
• Catalan: be — young sheep
• Chechen: ӏахар (ˀaxar) — young sheep
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊羔 (yánggāo) — young sheep
• Chinese Mandarin: 羔 (gāo) — young sheep
• Chinese Mandarin: 羔羊 (gāoyáng) — young sheep
• Chuvash: путек (put̬ek) — young sheep
• East Circassian: щынэ (śənɛ) — young sheep
• West Circassian: шъынэ (ŝənɛ) — young sheep
• Cornish: on — young sheep
• Crimean Tatar: qozu — young sheep
• Czech: jehně — young sheep
• Czech: beránek — young sheep
• Dalmatian: anjial — young sheep
• Dalmatian: sugol — young sheep
• Danish: lam — young sheep
• Dutch: lam — young sheep
• Dutch: lammetje — young sheep
• Esperanto: ŝafido — young sheep
• Estonian: tall — young sheep
• Faroese: lamb — young sheep
• Finnish: karitsa — young sheep
• French: agneau — young sheep
• French: agnelle — young sheep
• Old French: agniau — young sheep
• Saterland Frisian: Loum — young sheep
• West-Frisian: lamme — young sheep
• Friulian: agnel — young sheep
• Galician: año — young sheep
• Galician: rexelo — young sheep
• Galician: neixente — young sheep
• Galician: cordeiro — young sheep
• Galician: andosco — young sheep
• Galician: carruxo — young sheep
• Galician: añagota — young sheep
• Georgian: ბატკანი (baṭḳani) — young sheep
• Georgian: კრავი (ḳravi) — young sheep
• German: Lamm — young sheep
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus) — young sheep
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb) — young sheep
• Greek: αρνί (arní) — young sheep
• Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) — young sheep
• Ancient Greek: ἀρήν (arḗn) — young sheep
• Mariupol Greek: арны́ (arný) — young sheep
• Greenlandic: savaaraq — young sheep
• Hebrew: טָלֶה (talé) — young sheep
• Hebrew: שֶׂה (se) — young sheep
• Hindi: बर्रा (barrā) — young sheep
• Hindi: मेमना (memnā) — young sheep
• Hungarian: bárány — young sheep
• Icelandic: lamb — young sheep
• Ido: mutonyuno — young sheep
• Ido: mutonyunulo — young sheep
• Ido: mutonyunino — young sheep
• Indonesian: anak domba — young sheep
• Indonesian: cempe — young sheep
• Ingrian: voonna — young sheep
• Ingrian: karitsa — young sheep
• Ingush: ӏаьхарг (ˀäxarg) — young sheep
• Irish: uan — young sheep
• Old Irish: úan — young sheep
• Italian: agnello — young sheep
• Italian: agnellino — young sheep
• Italian: agnella — young sheep
• Japanese: 子羊 (kohitsuji) — young sheep
• Japanese: 小羊 (kohitsuji) — young sheep
• Japanese: ラム (ramu) — young sheep
• Javanese: ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦺ (cempé) — young sheep
• Kalmyk: хурһн (xurğn) — young sheep
• Kashmiri: چھِرٕ (chirụ) — young sheep
• Korean: 어린양 (eorinyang) — young sheep
• Central Kurdish: بەرخ (berx) — young sheep
• Laki: وەرک (werk) — young sheep
• Laki: ڤەرک (verk) — young sheep
• Northern Kurdish: berx — young sheep
• Southern Kurdish: وەرک (werk) — young sheep
• Ladino: kodrero — young sheep
• Latin: agnus — young sheep
• Latin: agnellus — young sheep
• Latvian: jērs — young sheep
• Laz: მჩხუიში თიკანი (mçxuişi tiǩani) — young sheep
• Lithuanian: ėriukas — young sheep
• Livonian: ūoņõz — young sheep
• Livonian: ūoņi — young sheep
• Livonian: ūoņki — young sheep
• Low German: Lamm — young sheep
• Low German: Schaaplamm — young sheep
• Low German: Schooplamm — young sheep
• Low German: Bählamm — young sheep
• Low German: Bucklamm — young sheep
• Low German: Aulamm — young sheep
• Macedonian: јагне (jagne) — young sheep
• Malay: anak biri-biri — young sheep
• Maltese: ħaruf — young sheep
• Manx: eayn — young sheep
• Māori: reme — young sheep
• Marathi: कोकरू (kokrū) — young sheep
• Mazanderani: ورکا (varkā) — young sheep
• Megleno-Romanian: ńel — young sheep
• Mi'kmaq: jijgluewji'j — young sheep
• Mingrelian: კირიბი (ḳiribi) — young sheep
• Mongolian: хурга (xurga) — young sheep
• Classical Nahuatl: ichcaconētl — young sheep
• Navajo: dibé yázhí — young sheep
• Norman: angné — young sheep
• Norwegian: lam — young sheep
• Occitan: anhèl — young sheep
• Occitan: anhèla — young sheep
• Church Slavic: агнѧ (agnę) — young sheep
• Church Slavic: агньць (agnĭcĭ) — young sheep
• Old East Slavic: агньць (agnĭcĭ) — young sheep
• Old East Slavic: ꙗгнѧ (jagnę) — young sheep
• Old East Slavic: агнѧ (agnę) — young sheep
• Old English: lamb — young sheep
• Old Norse: lamb — young sheep
• Ossetian: уӕрыкк (wærykk) — young sheep
• Ossetian: далыс (dalys) — young sheep
• Persian: بره — young sheep
• Polabian: jogną — young sheep
• Polish: jagnię — young sheep
• Polish: baranek — young sheep
• Portuguese: anho — young sheep
• Portuguese: cordeiro — young sheep
• Punjabi: ਲੇਲਾ (lelā) — young sheep
• Romanian: miel — young sheep
• Romanian: mioară — young sheep
• Romanian: mia — young sheep
• Romansh: agnè — young sheep
• Romansh: tschut — young sheep
• Russian: ягнёнок (jagnjónok) — young sheep
• Russian: а́гнец (ágnec) — young sheep
• Russian: бара́шек (barášek) — young sheep
• Sardinian: angione — young sheep
• Sardinian: anzone — young sheep
• Sardinian: bitti — young sheep
• Scots: lammie — young sheep
• Scottish Gaelic: uan — young sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: јагње — young sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: јање — young sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: jagnje — young sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: janje — young sheep
• Sicilian: agneddu — young sheep
• Slovak: jahňa — young sheep
• Slovak: baránok — young sheep
• Slovene: jágnje — young sheep
• Lower Sorbian: jagnje — young sheep
• Spanish: cordero — young sheep
• Svan: ჟინაღ (žinaɣ) — young sheep
• Swahili: mwanakondoo — young sheep
• Swedish: lamm — young sheep
• Tagalog: kordero — young sheep
• Talysh: və — young sheep
• Taos: kʼùoʼȕʼúna — young sheep
• Tarifit: izmar — young sheep
• Tat: vərə — young sheep
• Turkish: kuzu — young sheep
• Ottoman Turkish: قوزی (kuzu, kuzı) — young sheep
• Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎎𐎗 (ỉmr) — young sheep
• Ukrainian: ягня́ (jahnjá) — young sheep
• Ukrainian: ягня́тко (jahnjátko) — young sheep
• Ukrainian: бара́нчик (baránčyk) — young sheep
• Uyghur: پاقلان (paqlan) — young sheep
• Venetan: agneło — young sheep
• Venetan: agnel — young sheep
• Venetan: gnel — young sheep
• Venetan: ciot — young sheep
• Venetan: gnelot — young sheep
• Vietnamese: cừu con — young sheep
• Vietnamese: cừu non — young sheep
• Volapük: jipül — young sheep
• Volapük: hijipül — young sheep
• Volapük: jijipül — young sheep
• Volapük: jipülil — young sheep
• Volapük: liäm — young sheep
• Volapük: smajip — young sheep
• Volapük: sugajipül — young sheep
• Volapük: sugahijipül — young sheep
• Volapük: sugajijipül — young sheep
• Votic: võdnõ — young sheep
• Walloon: bedot — young sheep
• Walloon: agnea — young sheep
• Welsh: oen — young sheep
• Wolof: mbote mi — young sheep
• Yakut: бараан оҕото (baraan oğoto) — young sheep
• Yiddish: לאַם (lam) — young sheep
• Zazaki: kavırek — young sheep
• Zazaki: kavır (diq) — young sheep
• Arabic: لَحْم اَلضَّأْن (laḥm aḍ-ḍaʔn) — flesh of lamb as food
• Arabic: خَرُوف (ḵarūf) — flesh of lamb as food
• Arabic: ضاني (ḍānī) — flesh of lamb as food
• Arabic: غنمي (ḡanmi) — flesh of lamb as food
• Arabic: خروف (ḵarūf) — flesh of lamb as food
• Asturian: corderu — flesh of lamb as food
• Belarusian: ягня́ціна (jahnjácina) — flesh of lamb as food
• Bulgarian: агнешко (agneško) — flesh of lamb as food
• Burmese: သိုးသား (sui:sa:) — flesh of lamb as food
• Catalan: xai — flesh of lamb as food
• Chinese Cantonese: 羊肉 (joeng4 juk6) — flesh of lamb as food
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊肉 (yángròu) — flesh of lamb as food
• Czech: jehněčí — flesh of lamb as food
• Danish: lammekød — flesh of lamb as food
• Dutch: lam — flesh of lamb as food
• Dutch: lamsvlees — flesh of lamb as food
• Esperanto: ŝafidaĵo — flesh of lamb as food
• Finnish: karitsa — flesh of lamb as food
• Finnish: karitsanliha — flesh of lamb as food
• French: agneau — flesh of lamb as food
• Georgian: ბატკნის ხორცი (baṭḳnis xorci) — flesh of lamb as food
• German: Lamm — flesh of lamb as food
• German: Lammfleisch — flesh of lamb as food
• Greek: αρνί (arní) — flesh of lamb as food
• Hebrew: טָלֶה (talé) — flesh of lamb as food
• Hebrew: כֶּבֶשׂ (kéves) — flesh of lamb as food
• Hungarian: bárányhús — flesh of lamb as food
• Icelandic: lambakjöt — flesh of lamb as food
• Icelandic: lamb — flesh of lamb as food
• Ido: mutonyunokarno — flesh of lamb as food
• Irish: uaineoil — flesh of lamb as food
• Italian: agnello — flesh of lamb as food
• Japanese: ラム (ramu) — flesh of lamb as food
• Japanese: 羊肉 (yōniku) — flesh of lamb as food
• Korean: 양고기 (yanggogi) — flesh of lamb as food
• Central Kurdish: گۆشتی بەرخ (goştî berx) — flesh of lamb as food
• Latin: agnina — flesh of lamb as food
• Maltese: ħaruf — flesh of lamb as food
• Norwegian Bokmål: lammekjøtt — flesh of lamb as food
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lammekjøt — flesh of lamb as food
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lammekjøtt — flesh of lamb as food
• Persian: گوسفند (gusfand) — flesh of lamb as food
• Polish: jagnięcina — flesh of lamb as food
• Portuguese: cordeiro — flesh of lamb as food
• Romanian: miel — flesh of lamb as food
• Russian: бара́нина (baránina) — flesh of lamb as food
• Russian: ягня́тина (jagnjátina) — flesh of lamb as food
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-uain — flesh of lamb as food
• Serbo-Croatian: јагњетина — flesh of lamb as food
• Serbo-Croatian: jagnjetina — flesh of lamb as food
• Slovene: jágnjetina — flesh of lamb as food
• Slovene: jagnjetína — flesh of lamb as food
• Lower Sorbian: jagnjece měso — flesh of lamb as food
• Lower Sorbian: jagnjeśina — flesh of lamb as food
• Spanish: cordero — flesh of lamb as food
• Spanish: carne de cordero — flesh of lamb as food
• Swedish: lamm — flesh of lamb as food
• Swedish: lammkött — flesh of lamb as food
• Tagalog: tupa — flesh of lamb as food
• Turkish: kuzu — flesh of lamb as food
• Ottoman Turkish: قوزی (kuzu, kuzı) — flesh of lamb as food
• Tuvan: хураган (xuragan) — flesh of lamb as food
• Ukrainian: ягня́тина (jahnjátyna) — flesh of lamb as food
• Welsh: cig oen — flesh of lamb as food
• Basque: bildots — meek person
• Chinese Cantonese: 羔羊 (gou1 joeng4) — meek person
• Chinese Mandarin: 羔羊 (gāoyáng) — meek person
• Finnish: lammas — meek person
• Greek: αρνάκι (arnáki) — meek person
• Hebrew: שֶׂה (se) — meek person
• Portuguese: cordeiro — meek person
• Romanian: mielușel — meek person
• Russian: овца́ (ovcá) — meek person
• Russian: ове́чка (ovéčka) — meek person
• Russian: ягнёнок (jagnjónok) — meek person
• Russian: а́гнец (ágnec) — meek person
• Spanish: borrego — meek person
• Spanish: borrega — meek person
• Turkish: kuzu — meek person
• Bulgarian: обагням се (obagnjam se) — of a sheep, to give birth
• Danish: læmme — of a sheep, to give birth
• Dutch: lammeren — of a sheep, to give birth
• Finnish: karitsoida — of a sheep, to give birth
• French: mettre bas — of a sheep, to give birth
• Old English: ēanian — of a sheep, to give birth
• Turkish: kuzulamak — of a sheep, to give birth
• Welsh: wyna — of a sheep, to give birth
• Finnish: karitsoittaa — to assist sheep to give birth