Meanings
plural she-goats · alternative shegoat
- A female goat.
At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29Synonyms: nanny goat, nanny, doe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female goat.
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Origin
- Middle Englishsche-geyt
- Englishshe-goat
From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αἴξ
- αἴξ (aíx)female goat
Arabic مَعْزة
- مَعْزة (maʕza)female goat
Bulgarian коза́
- коза́ (kozá)female goat
Catalan cabra
- cabrafemale goat
Chinese 羭
- 羭 (yú)female goat
Chinese Mandarin 山羊
- 山羊 (shānyáng)female goat
Czech koza
- kozafemale goat
Dutch geit
- geitfemale goat
Esperanto kaprino
- kaprinofemale goat
Finnish kuttu
- kuttufemale goat
French chèvre, bique
- chèvrefemale goat
- biquefemale goat
German Geiß, Mutterziege
- Geißfemale goat
- Mutterziegefemale goat
- Zibbefemale goat
- Zickefemale goat
- Ziegefemale goat
- Ziegenweibchenfemale goat
Greek αίγα
- αίγα (aíga)female goat
Hebrew עֵז
- עֵז (éz)female goat
Hungarian nőstény kecske, anyakecske
- nőstény kecskefemale goat
- anyakecskefemale goat
Italian capra
- caprafemale goat
Japanese 山羊
- 山羊 (yagi)female goat
Latin capra, capella
- caprafemale goat
- capellafemale goat
Norwegian Bokmål geit
- geitfemale goat
Polish koza
- kozafemale goat
Portuguese cabra
- cabrafemale goat
Romanian capră
- caprăfemale goat
Russian коза́
- коза́ (kozá)female goat
Spanish cabra
- cabrafemale goat
Turkish dişi keçi
- dişi keçifemale goat
Ukrainian коза́, цапи́ха
- коза́ (kozá)female goat
- цапи́ха (capýxa)female goat
- козли́ця (kozlýcja)female goat
- коза́-дереза́ (kozá-derezá)female goat
Cite this entry
she-goat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/she-goat
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