sow

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• UK: /saʊ/
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• UK, US: /saʊ/
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• homophone: sough (one pronunciation)
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• UK: /səʊ/
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• US: /soʊ/
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• homophone: sew
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• homophone: (toe–tow merger) seau
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• homophone: so
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• homophone: soe
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• homophone: soh
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• CMU ARPABET: S AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH-? Proto-Indo-European *suH-der. Proto-Germanic *sugō Proto-West Germanic *sugu Old English sugu Middle English sowe English sow From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh2, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1- Proto-Germanic *sēaną Proto-West Germanic *sāan Old English sāwan Middle English sowen English sow From Middle English sowen, from Old English sāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *sāan, from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh1-. Compare Dutch zaaien, German säen, Danish så, Norwegian Bokmål så.

275 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dosë — female pig
• Arabic: خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra) — female pig
• Armenian: մերուն (merun) — female pig
• Armenian: գոճամայր (gočamayr) — female pig
• Armenian: խոզամայր (xozamayr) — female pig
• Aromanian: poarcã — female pig
• Asturian: gocha — female pig
• Bashkir: инә сусҡа (inə susqa) — female pig
• Basque: urdanga — female pig
• Basque: ahardi — female pig
• Basque: zerrama — female pig
• Basque: arkela — female pig
• Bats: ნეზვ (nezv) — female pig
• Central Bikol: dulag — female pig
• Breton: gwiz — female pig
• Bulgarian: свиня майка (svinja majka) — female pig
• Burmese: ဝက်မ (wakma.) — female pig
• Catalan: truja — female pig
• Catalan: porca — female pig
• Catalan: verra — female pig
• Chechen: жаргӏа (žarğa) — female pig
• Cherokee: ᏏᏆ ᎠᎩᏏ (siqua agisi) — female pig
• Chinese Cantonese: 豬乸 /猪乸 (zyu1 naa2) — female pig
• Chinese Mandarin: 母豬 /母猪 (mǔzhū) — female pig
• Czech: svině — female pig
• Czech: prasnice — female pig
• Czech: bachyně — female pig
• Danish: so — female pig
• Dutch: zeug — female pig
• Egyptian: r:*r-t-F27 (rrt) — female pig
• Esperanto: porkino — female pig
• Estonian: emis — female pig
• Farefare: kurkur-yã'aŋa — female pig
• Faroese: súgv — female pig
• Finnish: emakko — female pig
• Finnish: emäsika — female pig
• French: truie — female pig
• Friulian: scrove — female pig
• Galician: porca — female pig
• Galician: bodalla — female pig
• Galician: godalla — female pig
• Galician: golerpa — female pig
• Galician: barrionda — female pig
• Galician: ferruxe — female pig
• Galician: marrá — female pig
• Georgian: ნეზვი (nezvi) — female pig
• Georgian: ქუბი (kubi) — female pig
• German: Sau — female pig
• German: Mutterschwein — female pig
• Middle High German: sū — female pig
• Old High German: sū — female pig
• Greek: γουρούνα (gouroúna) — female pig
• Greek: σκρόφα (skrófa) — female pig
• Ancient Greek: δέλφαξ (délphax) — female pig
• Hebrew: חֲזִירָה — female pig
• Hungarian: koca — female pig
• Hungarian: nőstény disznó. — female pig
• Hungarian: emse — female pig
• Icelandic: sýr — female pig
• Ido: porkino — female pig
• Indonesian: babi betina — female pig
• Ingrian: emikko — female pig
• Ingrian: imikkosika — female pig
• Ingush: жаргӏа (žarğa) — female pig
• Irish: cráin — female pig
• Italian: scrofa — female pig
• Italian: troia — female pig
• Japanese: 雌豚 (mebuta) — female pig
• Kazakh: мегежін (megejın) — female pig
• Korean: 암퇘지 (amtwaeji) — female pig
• Latin: scrōfa — female pig
• Latin: porca — female pig
• Lithuanian: kiaulė — female pig
• Low German: Söög — female pig
• Macedonian: маторица (matorica) — female pig
• Macedonian: прасица (prasica) — female pig
• Malay: khinzir betina — female pig
• Māori: poaka uwha — female pig
• Khiamniungan Naga: yōhnyù — female pig
• Khiamniungan Naga: yōhshùo — female pig
• Norwegian Bokmål: purke — female pig
• Norwegian Bokmål: sugge — female pig
• Norwegian Bokmål: hunngris — female pig
• Norwegian Bokmål: hunnsvin — female pig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: purke — female pig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: purka — female pig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sugge — female pig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hogris — female pig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hosvin — female pig
• Occitan: truèja — female pig
• Occitan: pòrca — female pig
• Old English: sugu — female pig
• Old Norse: sýr — female pig
• Old Saxon: sū — female pig
• Ossetian: дзӕргъ (ʒærǧ) — female pig
• Ossetian: дзӕргъӕ (ʒærǧæ) — female pig
• Persian: ماده خوک (mâde-xuk) — female pig
• Plautdietsch: Säaj — female pig
• Polish: locha — female pig
• Polish: maciora — female pig
• Portuguese: porca — female pig
• Punjabi: ਸੂਰਨੀ (sūrnī) — female pig
• Romanian: scroafă — female pig
• Romanian: purcea — female pig
• Romanian: poarcă — female pig
• Romansh: portga — female pig
• Russian: свинья́ (svinʹjá) — female pig
• Russian: свинома́тка (svinomátka) — female pig
• Sardinian: cópia — female pig
• Sardinian: màdri — female pig
• Sardinian: súe — female pig
• Savosavo: baza — female pig
• Serbo-Croatian: крмача — female pig
• Serbo-Croatian: прасица — female pig
• Serbo-Croatian: krmača — female pig
• Serbo-Croatian: prasica — female pig
• Sicilian: porca — female pig
• Sicilian: troja — female pig
• Sicilian: scrofa — female pig
• Sinhalese: ඊරි (īri) — female pig
• Slovak: sviňa — female pig
• Lower Sorbian: rampa — female pig
• Spanish: cerda — female pig
• Spanish: marrana — female pig
• Spanish: puerca — female pig
• Swedish: so — female pig
• Swedish: sugga — female pig
• Tagalog: inahing baboy — female pig
• Tarifit: tireft — female pig
• Turkmen: mekejin — female pig
• Udi: нийал (nijal) — female pig
• Ukrainian: свиня́ (svynjá) — female pig
• Ukrainian: льо́ха (lʹóxa) — female pig
• Venetan: lùja — female pig
• Venetan: lùgia — female pig
• Venetan: scroa — female pig
• Venetan: scrova — female pig
• Venetan: vera — female pig
• Venetan: mascia — female pig
• Venetan: porseƚa — female pig
• Venetan: roja — female pig
• Vilamovian: zaoj — female pig
• Volapük: jisvin — female pig
• Vurës: m̄al — female pig
• Welsh: cynar — female pig
• Welsh: cunar — female pig
• Finnish: valukouru — channel that conducts molten metal to molds
• Swedish: gjut — channel that conducts molten metal to molds
• Swedish: gjutså — channel that conducts molten metal to molds
• Swedish: ingjut — channel that conducts molten metal to molds
• Swedish: ingjutningskanal — channel that conducts molten metal to molds
• Finnish: valos — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Italian: lingotto — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Italian: pane — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Italian: panetto — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Russian: чушка (čuška) — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Swedish: galt — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Swedish: göt — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Swedish: tacka — mass of metal solidified in a mold
• Albanian: mbjell — disperse seeds
• Southern Altai: чачар (čačar) — disperse seeds
• Chungli Ao: (Chungli) prok — disperse seeds
• Arabic: زَرَعَ (zaraʕa) — disperse seeds
• Arabic: بَذَرَ (baḏara) — disperse seeds
• Arabic: زرع (zaraʕ) — disperse seeds
• Armenian: ցանել (cʻanel) — disperse seeds
• Aromanian: seamin — disperse seeds
• Asturian: semar — disperse seeds
• Asturian: sementar — disperse seeds
• Azerbaijani: səpmək — disperse seeds
• Azerbaijani: əkmək — disperse seeds
• Bashkir: сәсеү (səsew) — disperse seeds
• Belarusian: се́яць (sjéjacʹ) — disperse seeds
• Breton: hadañ — disperse seeds
• Bulgarian: се́я (séja) — disperse seeds
• Catalan: sembrar — disperse seeds
• Chinese Mandarin: 播種 /播种 (bōzhòng, bōzhǒng) — disperse seeds
• Czech: sít — disperse seeds
• Dutch: zaaien — disperse seeds
• Esperanto: semi — disperse seeds
• Estonian: külvama — disperse seeds
• Finnish: kylvää — disperse seeds
• French: semer — disperse seeds
• West-Frisian: siedzje — disperse seeds
• Friulian: semenâ — disperse seeds
• Galician: sementar — disperse seeds
• Georgian: თესვა (tesva) — disperse seeds
• German: säen — disperse seeds
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (saian) — disperse seeds
• Greek: σπέρνω (spérno) — disperse seeds
• Ancient Greek: σπείρω (speírō) — disperse seeds
• Gujarati: વાવવું (vāvvũ) — disperse seeds
• Hebrew: זָרַע (zará') — disperse seeds
• Hindi: बोना (bonā) — disperse seeds
• Hungarian: vet — disperse seeds
• Ido: semar — disperse seeds
• Ilocano: takong — disperse seeds
• Indonesian: tabur — disperse seeds
• Irish: síol a chur — disperse seeds
• Irish: síolaigh — disperse seeds
• Italian: seminare — disperse seeds
• Japanese: 種をまく — disperse seeds
• Korean: 심다 (simda) — disperse seeds
• Korean: 뿌리다 (ppurida) — disperse seeds
• Lao: ຫວ່ານ (huān) — disperse seeds
• Latgalian: sēt — disperse seeds
• Latgalian: pasēt — disperse seeds
• Latin: serō — disperse seeds
• Latin: conserō — disperse seeds
• Latvian: sēt — disperse seeds
• Lingala: kona — disperse seeds
• Lithuanian: sėti — disperse seeds
• Livonian: killõ — disperse seeds
• Luxembourgish: séien — disperse seeds
• Macedonian: се́е (sée) — disperse seeds
• Maguindanao: pamula — disperse seeds
• Malay: semai — disperse seeds
• Maltese: żara’ — disperse seeds
• Māori: rui — disperse seeds
• Marathi: पेरणे (perṇe) — disperse seeds
• Mirandese: sembrar — disperse seeds
• Mirandese: sumbrar — disperse seeds
• Norman: s'maïr — disperse seeds
• Norman: s'mer — disperse seeds
• Norman: s'menchi — disperse seeds
• Norwegian: så — disperse seeds
• Occitan: semenar — disperse seeds
• Old Church Slavonic: сѣти (sěti) — disperse seeds
• Old English: sāwan — disperse seeds
• Oromo: facaasuu — disperse seeds
• Pannonian Rusyn: шац (šac) — disperse seeds
• Persian: کشتن (keštan) — disperse seeds
• Persian: پراگندن (parāgandan) — disperse seeds
• Polish: siać — disperse seeds
• Portuguese: semear — disperse seeds
• Punjabi: ਬੀਜਣਾ (bījṇā) — disperse seeds
• Quechua: tarpuy — disperse seeds
• Romanian: semăna — disperse seeds
• Romansh: semnar — disperse seeds
• Romansh: samnar — disperse seeds
• Romansh: samner — disperse seeds
• Russian: се́ять (séjatʹ) — disperse seeds
• Sardinian: semenai — disperse seeds
• Sardinian: semenare — disperse seeds
• Sardinian: seminai — disperse seeds
• Scots: sawe — disperse seeds
• Scottish Gaelic: sìol — disperse seeds
• Serbo-Croatian: се̏јати — disperse seeds
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅjati — disperse seeds
• Shan: ဝၢၼ်ႇ (wàan) — disperse seeds
• Sicilian: chiantimari — disperse seeds
• Sicilian: siminari — disperse seeds
• Slovak: siať — disperse seeds
• Slovene: sejati — disperse seeds
• Lower Sorbian: seś — disperse seeds
• Spanish: sembrar — disperse seeds
• Spanish: sementar — disperse seeds
• Swedish: så — disperse seeds
• Telugu: విత్తు (vittu) — disperse seeds
• Thai: หว่าน (wàan) — disperse seeds
• Tocharian B: kät- — disperse seeds
• Turkish: ekmek — disperse seeds
• Ottoman Turkish: اكمك (ekmek) — disperse seeds
• Ottoman Turkish: تخملامق (tohumlamak) — disperse seeds
• Ukrainian: сі́яти (síjaty) — disperse seeds
• Unami: sehëmën — disperse seeds
• Urdu: بونا (bonā) — disperse seeds
• Vietnamese: gieo — disperse seeds
• Welsh: hadu — disperse seeds
• Yakut: ыс (ïs) — disperse seeds
• Yiddish: זייען (zeyen) — disperse seeds
• Záparo: achichanu — disperse seeds
• Zazaki: karen — disperse seeds
• Zhuang: vanq — disperse seeds
• Japanese: 間隙を生じる (kangeki wo shōjiru) — spread about, propagate