"wether" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛðɚ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wethers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognates Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wet-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wether}} Middle English wether, {{inh|en|ang|weþer|t=a wether, ram}} Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*weþru}} Proto-West Germanic *weþru, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*weþruz|t=wether}} Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wet-|t=year}} Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), {{cog|sco|weddir}} Scots weddir, {{cog|nl|weder}} Dutch weder, {{cog|de|Widder|t=wether, ram}} German Widder (“wether, ram”), {{cog|nb|vær||ram}} Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), {{cog|nn|vêr|t=ram}} Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), {{cog|sv|vädur|t=wether, ram}} Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), {{cog|is|veður|t=wether, ram}} Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), {{cog|la|vitulus|t=calf}} Latin vitulus (“calf”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wether (plural wethers)
  1. A castrated goat. Categories (lifeform): Sheep Translations (castrated goat): utkaalíyta (Afar), ἴξᾰλος (íxalos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), скопен козел (skopen kozel) (Bulgarian), hňup (Czech), bede [common-gender] (Danish), weer [masculine] (Dutch), kastrita virkapro (Esperanto), eksvirkapro (Esperanto), kapruko (Esperanto), salvupukki (Finnish), castrón [masculine] (Galician), Mönch [masculine] (German), kastrierter Ziegenbock [masculine] (German), taurḕ (Hausa), серке (serke) (Kazakh), vervex [masculine] (Latin), брав (brav) [masculine] (Macedonian), baaseenoo (Mandinka), nkoor (Mwaghavul), tłʼízí choʼádinii (Navajo), castrão [masculine] (Portuguese), cull-bhoc [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), eibhreannach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), laos-boc [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), брав [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brav [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), castrón [masculine] (Spanish), hammel (Swedish), kastrerad bagge (Swedish), ሶር (sor) (Tigrinya), alāᵤ (Tocharian B), iğdiş teke (Turkish), burulmuş teke (Turkish), серге (serge) (Tuvan), hokapar (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-wether-en-noun-su1lDBCv Disambiguation of Sheep: 12 9 42 37 Categories (other): Terms with Afar translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hausa translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandinka translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mwaghavul translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polabian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Romansch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tigrinya translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Tuvan translations Disambiguation of Terms with Afar translations: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hausa translations: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandinka translations: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mwaghavul translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polabian translations: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romansch translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Tigrinya translations: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Tuvan translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of 'castrated goat': 92 8
  2. A castrated ram. Translations (castrated ram): скопен овен (english: skopen oven) (Bulgarian), moltó [masculine] (Catalan), skopec [masculine] (Czech), bede [common-gender] (Danish), hamel [masculine] (Dutch), kastrita virŝafo (Esperanto), ŝafuko (Esperanto), geldingur [masculine] (Faroese), oinas (Finnish), monton (Friulian), roxelo [masculine] (Galician), Hammel [masculine] (German), Schöps [masculine] (German), ürü (Hungarian), molt [masculine] (Irish), montone [masculine] (Italian), ісек (ısek) (Kazakh), vervex (Latin), mohlt [masculine] (Manx), mohltin [masculine] (Manx), hipi tame raho-poka (Maori), wēta (Maori), sťüp (Polabian), skop [masculine] (Polish), carneiro castrado [masculine] (Portuguese), batal [masculine] (Romanian), tschanc [masculine] (Romansch), botsch chastrà [masculine] (Romansch), валу́х (valúx) [masculine] (Russian), mult [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), carnero castrado [masculine] (Spanish), castrón [masculine] (Spanish), hammel [common-gender] (Swedish), iğdiş koç (Turkish), burulmuş koç (Turkish), ирт (irt) (Tuvan), hojip (Volapük), mollt(yn) [masculine] (Welsh), gwedder [South, masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wedder [dialectal] Derived forms: bellwether
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛðɚ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛðə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} wether
  1. Archaic spelling of weather. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: weather Categories (lifeform): Goats, Sheep
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛðɚ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wethers [present, singular, third-person], wethering [participle, present], wethered [participle, past], wethered [past]
Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognates Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wet-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wether}} Middle English wether, {{inh|en|ang|weþer|t=a wether, ram}} Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*weþru}} Proto-West Germanic *weþru, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*weþruz|t=wether}} Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wet-|t=year}} Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), {{cog|sco|weddir}} Scots weddir, {{cog|nl|weder}} Dutch weder, {{cog|de|Widder|t=wether, ram}} German Widder (“wether, ram”), {{cog|nb|vær||ram}} Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), {{cog|nn|vêr|t=ram}} Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), {{cog|sv|vädur|t=wether, ram}} Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), {{cog|is|veður|t=wether, ram}} Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), {{cog|la|vitulus|t=calf}} Latin vitulus (“calf”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wether (third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered)
  1. (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat. Tags: transitive Categories (lifeform): Male animals, Sheep Translations (to castrate a male sheep or goat): kuohita (Finnish), salvaa (Finnish), iğdiş etmek (Turkish), burmak (Turkish), kısırlaştırmak (Turkish), taşak burmak (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wedder [dialectal]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "t": "calf"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vitulus (“calf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).\nCognates\nCognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wethers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wethering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wethered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wethered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wether (third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To castrate a male sheep or goat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castrate",
          "castrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛðɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛðə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weather"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "whether (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "wedder"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "kuohita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "salvaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "iğdiş etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "burmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "kısırlaştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to castrate a male sheep or goat",
      "word": "taşak burmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wether"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛðə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛðə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Goats",
    "en:Male animals",
    "en:Sheep"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "wether",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "weather"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English archaic forms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1527, George Joye, The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters:",
          "text": "There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic spelling of weather."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "weather",
          "weather#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛðɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛðə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "weather"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "whether (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wether"
}

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