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wether

UK/ˈwɛðə//ˈwɛðɚ/

wether noun: a castrated goat. Also the archaic spelling of weather.

Noun

wether (plural wethers)

  1. A castrated goat.
  2. A castrated ram.
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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.

Also used as

wether is also the archaic spelling of weather.

wether meaning in Bengali, Assamese, Nepali and Thai

wether in Bengali

castrated goat
খাসী khaśi

wether in Assamese

castrated goat
খাহী khahi

wether in Nepali

castrated goat
खसी khasī

wether in Thai

castrated goat
แพะตอน pɛ́-dtɔɔn

Forms of wether

Noun
pluralwethers
alternative formwedder
Verb
third-person singular presentwethers
present participlewethering
past participlewethered
pastwethered

Plural of wether: wethers

Origin of wether

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”).

Words formed from wether

Words that rhyme with wether

Questions about wether

What does wether mean?
Wether means a castrated goat.
What is wether in Bengali?
Wether in Bengali is খাসী (khaśi). See Wether meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is wether?
Wether can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce wether?
Wether is pronounced /ˈwɛðɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of wether?
The plural of wether is wethers.

Words near wether in the dictionary

  1. wetdreams
  2. wetfast
  3. wetfastness
  4. wethead
  5. wetheads
  6. wether
  7. Wetheral
  8. Wetherall
  9. Wetherbee
  10. Wetherbees
  11. Wetherby

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