Meanings
nounbilly goat (plural billy goats)
plural billy goats · alternative billy-goat · alternative billygoat · alternative buck
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the name Billy, early 19th c.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τράγος
- τράγος (trágos)male goat
Arabic تَيْس
- تَيْس (tays)male goat
Basque aker
- akermale goat
Bulgarian козе́л m пръч
- козе́л m пръч (kozél)male goat
Catalan boc, cabró
- bocmale goat
- cabrómale goat
Chinese Mandarin 雄山羊
- 雄山羊 (xióng shānyáng)male goat
Czech kozel
- kozelmale goat
Danish buk, gedebuk
- bukmale goat
- gedebukmale goat
Dutch bok
- bokmale goat
Esperanto virkapro, boko
- virkapromale goat
- bokomale goat
- kapriĉomale goat
Finnish pukki
- pukkimale goat
French bouc
- boucmale goat
German Ziegenbock, Geißbock
- Ziegenbockmale goat
- Geißbockmale goat
- Bockmale goat
- Ziegenmännchenmale goat
Greek τράγος, τραγί
- τράγος (trágos)male goat
- τραγί (tragí)male goat
Hebrew תַּיִשׁ
- תַּיִשׁ (táyish)male goat
Hungarian bakkecske
- bakkecskemale goat
Irish poc gabhair, pocán
- poc gabhairmale goat
- pocánmale goat
- bocmale goat
Italian caprone, becco
- capronemale goat
- beccomale goat
- capromale goat
- ircomale goat
Japanese 雄山羊, 雄ヤギ
- 雄山羊 (oyagi)male goat
- 雄ヤギ (oyagi)male goat
Korean 숫염소
- 숫염소 (sudyeomso)male goat
Latin hircus, caper
- hircusmale goat
- capermale goat
Latvian āzis
- āzismale goat
Lithuanian ožỹs
- ožỹsmale goat
Norwegian Bokmål geitebukk
- geitebukkmale goat
Persian تگه, کل
- تگه (tage)male goat
- کل (kal)male goat
- شاک (šâk)male goat
- نهاز (nohâz)male goat
Polish kozioł, cap
- koziołmale goat
- capmale goat
Portuguese bode, cabrão
- bodemale goat
- cabrãomale goat
Romanian țap
- țapmale goat
Russian козёл
- козёл (kozjól)male goat
Slovak cap, kozel
- capmale goat
- kozelmale goat
Spanish cabro, cabrón
- cabromale goat
- cabrónmale goat
Swahili beberu
- beberumale goat
Swedish bock
- bockmale goat
Tagalog lambayan
- lambayanmale goat
Turkish teke
- tekemale goat
Ukrainian козе́л, цап
- козе́л (kozél)male goat
- цап (cap)male goat
Welsh bwch
- bwchmale goat
Yiddish צאַפּ, באָק
- צאַפּ (tsap)male goat
- באָק (bok)male goat
Zulu imbuzi yebhili
- imbuzi yebhilimale goat
Cite this entry
APA
billy goat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billy%20goat
MLA
“billy goat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billy%20goat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “billy goat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billy%20goat.
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