noun
Meaning 1
A female bear (as opposed to a he-bear, male bear).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
she-bear
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Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
From Middle English sche bere; equivalent to she- + bear.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: arushë — a female bear
- Asturian: osa — a female bear
- Basque: hartz eme — a female bear
- Breton: arzhez — a female bear
- Bulgarian: мечка (mečka) — a female bear
- Catalan: óssa — a female bear
- Czech: medvědice — a female bear
- Dutch: berin — a female bear
- Esperanto: ursino — a female bear
- Estonian: emakaru — a female bear
- Finnish: naaraskarhu — a female bear
- French: ourse — a female bear
- Galician: osa — a female bear
- German: Bärin — a female bear
- Hebrew: דֻּבָּה (dubbá) — a female bear
- Hindi: रीछनी (rīchnī) — a female bear
- Icelandic: birna — a female bear
- Italian: orsa — a female bear
- Japanese: 雌熊 (mesukuma) — a female bear
- Kashmiri: ہاپٕژ (hāpụċ) — a female bear
- Kazakh: кірекей (kırekei) — a female bear
- Central Kurdish: مالۆس (malos) — a female bear
- Latin: ursa — a female bear
- Latvian: lācene — a female bear
- Norwegian: binne — a female bear
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bere — a female bear
- Norwegian Nynorsk: binne — a female bear
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hobjørn — a female bear
- Old English: biren — a female bear
- Old English: bere — a female bear
- Old Norse: birna — a female bear
- Old Norse: bera — a female bear
- Polish: niedźwiedzica — a female bear
- Portuguese: ursa — a female bear
- Russian: медве́дица (medvédica) — a female bear
- Slovak: medvedica — a female bear
- Slovene: medvedka — a female bear
- Spanish: osa — a female bear
- Swedish: björnhona — a female bear
- Swedish: björninna — a female bear
- Ukrainian: ведме́диця (vedmédycja) — a female bear
- Unami: nushèàxkw — a female bear
- Vietnamese: gấu cái — a female bear
- Volapük: ber — a female bear
- Volapük: hiber — a female bear
- Volapük: jiber — a female bear
- Welsh: arthes — a female bear
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