definition of the word ewe

Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“‘sheep’”)

• IPA: juw
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: u, yew, you, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

ewe (plural ewe or ewes)

1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

• Because of its pronunciation and despite its spelling, this word most commonly takes the definite article a rather than an.

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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