English [ edit ]
Sheepfold next to Strans Gill (Yorkshire, England).
Etymology [ edit ]
sheep + fold
Pronunciation [ edit ]
sheepfold (plural sheepfolds )
An enclosure for keeping sheep .
1981 , William Irwin Thompson , The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture , London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180 :If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him.
A flock of sheep.
Translations [ edit ]
enclosure
Bulgarian: коша́ра (bg) f ( košára )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羊圈 (zh) ( yángjuān )
Czech: ovčín (cs) m
Dutch: schapenstal (nl) m , schaapskooi (nl) f
Finnish: läävä (fi)
French: bergerie (fr) f
Friulian: tamar m , cjôt m
German: Schafstall (de) m , Schafhürde (de) f
Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 n ( awistr )
Hittite: 𒀀𒊭𒀀𒌋𒅈 ( a-ša-a-u-ar )
Hungarian: juhakol (hu)
Irish: cró caorach m
Italian: ovile (it) m , pecorile (it) m
Japanese: 羊小屋 ( ひつじごや, hitsujigoya )
Latin: ovīle n
Macedonian: трло n ( trlo )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sauefold m , saueinnhegning m or f , saueinngjerding m or f
Ottoman Turkish: ماندره ( mandra )
Polish: owczarnia (pl) f , koszara f
Portuguese: aprisco m , redil (pt) m
Romanian: stână (ro) f , țarc (ro) n , oierie (ro) f
Romansch: uigl da nursas m , stalla da nursas f
Russian: овча́рня (ru) f ( ovčárnja ) , заго́н для ове́ц m ( zagón dlja ovéc ) , коша́ра (ru) f ( košára )
Sicilian: mànnira (scn) f
Slovak: ovčiareň f , ovčinec m
Spanish: aprisco (es) m , majada (es) f , redil (es) m
Ukrainian: коша́ра (uk) f ( košára ) , вівча́рня (uk) f ( vivčárnja )
Volapük: jipacek (vo)
Welsh: corlan f , defeity m