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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjuː/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ju/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'ewe': (yo̅o̅; Dial. yō); 'Ewe': (ā′vā, ā′wā)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ewe /yu/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Animal Husbandrya female sheep, esp. when it is fully mature.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ewe  (yo̅o̅; Dial. yō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Animal Husbandrya female sheep, esp. when fully mature.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English ēowu, ēwe; cognate with Old High German ou, ouwi, Dutch ooi, Latin ovis, Greek óïs, oîs, Sanskrit ávi

E•we  (ā′vā, ā′wā),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anthropology, Language Varietiesa member of a people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa.
  2. Language Varietiesthe Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ewe /juː/ n
    • a female sheep
    • (as modifier): a ewe lamb
Etymology: Old English ēowu; related to Old Norse ǣr ewe, Old High German ou, Latin ovis sheep, Sanskrit avi
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