noun
Meaning 1
An enclosure for keeping sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sheepfold
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈʃiːp.fəʊld/
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rhymes with -iːpfəʊld
noun
Meaning 2
A flock of sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a pen for sheep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepcote
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pen
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shepefald, perhaps from Late Old English sċēapa falde (literally “sheep's fold”), equivalent to sheep + fold.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փարախ (pʻarax) — enclosure
- Bulgarian: коша́ра (košára) — enclosure
- Chinese Mandarin: 羊圈 (yángjuàn) — enclosure
- Chinese Mandarin: 羊欄 /羊栏 (yánglán) — enclosure
- Czech: ovčín — enclosure
- Dutch: schapenstal — enclosure
- Dutch: schaapskooi — enclosure
- Finnish: lammaskarsina — enclosure
- French: bergerie — enclosure
- Friulian: tamar — enclosure
- Friulian: cjôt — enclosure
- German: Schafstall — enclosure
- German: Schafhürde — enclosure
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (awistr) — enclosure
- Hittite: 𒀀𒊭𒀀𒌋𒅈 (a-ša-a-u-ar) — enclosure
- Hungarian: juhakol — enclosure
- Irish: cró caorach — enclosure
- Italian: ovile — enclosure
- Italian: pecorile — enclosure
- Japanese: 羊小屋 (hitsujigoya) — enclosure
- Latin: ovīle — enclosure
- Macedonian: трло (trlo) — enclosure
- Norwegian Bokmål: sauefold — enclosure
- Norwegian Bokmål: sauegard — enclosure
- Norwegian Bokmål: saueinnhegning — enclosure
- Norwegian Bokmål: saueinngjerding — enclosure
- Polish: owczarnia — enclosure
- Polish: koszara — enclosure
- Portuguese: aprisco — enclosure
- Portuguese: redil — enclosure
- Romanian: stână — enclosure
- Romanian: țarc — enclosure
- Romanian: oierie — enclosure
- Romansh: uigl da nursas — enclosure
- Romansh: stalla da nursas — enclosure
- Russian: овча́рня (ovčárnja) — enclosure
- Russian: заго́н для ове́ц (zagón dlja ovéc) — enclosure
- Russian: коша́ра (košára) — enclosure
- Sicilian: mànnira — enclosure
- Slovak: ovčiareň — enclosure
- Slovak: ovčinec — enclosure
- Spanish: aprisco — enclosure
- Spanish: majada — enclosure
- Spanish: redil — enclosure
- Swedish: fårfålla — enclosure
- Ottoman Turkish: ماندره (mandra) — enclosure
- Ukrainian: коша́ра (košára) — enclosure
- Ukrainian: вівча́рня (vivčárnja) — enclosure
- Volapük: jipacek — enclosure
- Welsh: corlan — enclosure
- Welsh: defeity — enclosure
- Chinese Mandarin: 羊群 (yángqún) — flock of sheep
- Finnish: lammaskatras — flock of sheep
- Polish: stado — flock of sheep