wether
pronunciation
How to pronounce wether in British English:
UK ['weðə]
How to pronounce wether in American English:
US ['weðə]
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- Noun:
- male sheep especially a castrated one
Word Origin
- wether (n.)
- "male sheep," especially a castrated one, Old English weðer "ram," from Proto-Germanic *wethruz (cognates: Old Saxon wethar, Old Norse veðr, Old High German widar, German Widder, Gothic wiþrus "lamb"), literally "yearling," from PIE root *wet- (2) "year" (cognates: Sanskrit vatsah "calf," Greek etalon "yearling," Latin vitulus "calf," literally "yearling").
Example
- 1. Wether it shines or rains , we will be there !
- 2. The city said it was the wether .
- 3. I 'm thinking wether they can do it or not .
- 4. But wether the demage is inflicted by a cunning ex-wife .
- 5. Wether it 's jesus or jeannette.who the hell are you ?