black sheep

English

A black sheep.

Noun

black sheep (plural black sheep)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see black,‎ sheep.
2. (idiomatic) a nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person
3. (idiomatic) a disliked person; one who is disfavored

   He always was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.

Synonyms

• (disliked person): bad apple

Translations

nonconformist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 害群之馬 (cmn), 害群之马 (cmn) (hàiqúnzhīmǎ)

• Finnish: musta lammas (fi)
• French: mouton noir (fr) m, brebis galeuse (fr) f
• Greek: μαύρο πρόβατο (el) (mávro próvato) n
• Polish: biały kruk (pl) m
• Russian: белая ворона (ru) (bélaja voróna) f (white crow)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цр̑на̄ о́вца (sh) f, бије̑ла̄ вра̏на (sh) / бе̑ла̄ вра̏на (sh) f

  Roman: cȓnā óvca (sh) f, bijȇlā vrȁna (sh) f / bȇlā vrȁna (sh) f

• Swedish: svart får (sv)

disliked person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 害群之馬 (cmn), 害群之马 (cmn) (hàiqúnzhīmǎ), 敗類 (cmn), 败类 (cmn) (bàilèi)

• Danish: sort får (da) n
• Esperanto: idaĉo (eo)
• Finnish: musta lammas (fi)
• French: mouton noir (fr) m, brebis galeuse (fr) f
• German: schwarzes Schaf (de) n
• Greek: μαύρο πρόβατο (el) (mávro próvato) n
• Icelandic: svartur sauður (is) m

• Japanese: 厄介者 (ja) (やっかいもの, yakkaimono)
• Malay: kambing hitam (ms)
• Polish: czarna owca (pl) f
• Russian: паршивая овца (ru) (paršívaja ovcá) f (scabby sheep)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цр̑на̄ о́вца (sh) f, бије̑ла̄ вра̏на (sh) / бе̑ла̄ вра̏на (sh) f

  Roman: cȓnā óvca (sh) f, bijȇlā vrȁna (sh) f / bȇlā vrȁna (sh) f

• Spanish: oveja negra (es) f