lamb

Etymology

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (compare Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”)), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én. More at elk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læm/

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• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

lamb (plural lambs or (dialectal) lamber or (dialectal) lambren)

1. A young sheep.
2. The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
3. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
4. A simple, unsophisticated person.
5. (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

Verb

lamb (third-person singular simple present lambs, present participle lambing, simple past and past participle lambed)

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

   The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

Anagrams

• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, balm, blam

Etymology

From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n (genitive singular lambs, plural lomb)

1. lamb (both the animal and meat)
2. (playing cards, stýrivolt) seven of the chosen cards (trump seven)

Romanization

lamb

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱

Etymology

From Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamp/
• Rhymes: -amp

Noun

lamb n (genitive singular lambs, nominative plural lömb)

1. a lamb

Alternative forms

• lomb, lambe

Etymology

From Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lam(b)/, /lɔm(b)/

Noun

lamb (plural lambes or lamber or lambren)

1. A lamb, its meat, or its skin.
2. A Christian believer.

Alternative forms

• lemb, lomb, lomber

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑmb/

Noun

lamb n (nominative plural lambru)

1. lamb

Noun

lamb n

1. lamb

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n (genitive lambs, plural lǫmb)

1. a lamb

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

lamb n

1. lamb