wether

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðə/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈweðə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðəɾ/ Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ) Homophones: weather; whether (wine–whine merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). ==== Alternative forms ==== wedder (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== wether (plural wethers) A castrated goat. A castrated ram. ===== Derived terms ===== bellwether ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== wether (third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered) (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== wether Archaic spelling of weather. === Anagrams === reweth