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 )
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
