Pronunciation IPA: /ʃiːp/ Noun sheep (plural: sheep) a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. a timid, shy person who is easily led by others. Derivatives sheepdog sheepish Translations Albanian: delja (1) Basque: ardi (1) Belarussian: авечка (1) Breton: dañvad m deñved pl, maout m meot pl (1) Bulgarian: овца (ovca) (1) Catalan: ovella f (1) (plural ovelles) Chinese: 綿羊 (1) Croatian: ovca (1) Czech: ovce (1) Danish: får (1) Dutch: schaap n (1) (plural schapen) Esperanto: ŝafo (1) (plural ŝafoj (2)) timidulo (2) (plural timiduloj) Estonian: lammas (1) Faroese: seyður (1) Finnish: lammas (1) French: mouton m (1) Frisian: skiep (1) Friulian: piore, fede (1) Gallegan: ovella (1) German: Schaf n (1) (plural Schafe) Guaraní: ovecha (Sp. ) (1) Greek: πρόβατο (1) Hungarian: juh (1) Icelandic: fé (sauðfé) Indonesian: domba, biri-biri (1) Interlingua: ove (1); persona docile, persona submisse (2) Irish: caora (1) Italian: pecora (1) Japanese: 羊 (ひつじ, hitsuji) (1) Ladin: biescia (1) Latin: ovis f Latvian: aita (1) Lithuanian: avis (1) Lower Sorbian: wojca (1) Macedonian: овца (ovca) (1) Maltese: nagħġa (1) Norwegian: sau, får (1) Occitan: feda (1) Polish: owca (1) Portuguese: carneiro m, ovelha f (1); pessoa submissa f (3) Romanian: oaie (1) Romansh: nursa (1) Romany: bakri f, bakro m (1) Russian: овца (ovca) (1) Sami: sávza (1) Sardinian: brebei, barveghe, chessi, tzicca (1) Scottish: caora (1) Serbian: овца (ovca) (1) Slovak: ovca (1) Slovenian: ovca (1) Spanish: oveja f (1) Swedish: får (1) Turkish: koyun (1) Ukrainian: вівця (vivcja) (1) Upper Sorbian: wowca (1) Volapük: jip (1) Welsh: dafad f (1) (plural defaid) See also ewe ram tup wether Wikipedia article on sheep