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Meaning of ovine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈəʊvaɪn

Definitions

  1. An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
  2. A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.

Equivalents

العربية غَنَمِيّ
Беларуская аве́чы
Български Овен овца овчи
Bosanski ovi овца
Català oví
Čeština ovčí
Cymraeg defeidiog
Ελληνικά πρόβειος
Esperanto ŝafa
Español ovejuno ovino
Français ovin ovine
Hrvatski ovi овца
Italiano ovine ovino
Latina ovīnus ovis
Lietuvių avinis
Македонски овчи
Polski owca owczy
Português ovino
Română ovin ovină
Русский овечий
Slovenčina ovčí
Shqip dhentë
Српски ovi овца
Українська овечий о́вній

Examples

“At present, municipal councillors play at party politics by organizing the ovine members who do not know how to vote until a Party Whip tells them, and opposing independent candidates at the elections. The remedy for this is the exclusion of ovines from the municipal panel.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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