pecora

From Latin pecora, neuter plural of pecus (“cattle”), from pecū, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ko.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkora
• Hyphenation: pè‧co‧ra

pecora f (plural pecore) (male ariete or montone)

1. (mammals) sheep
2. ewe
3. (figurative, by extension) sheep, milksop
4. (slang) prostitute

• agnello
• ovino

• eparco

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.kɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.ko.ra]

pecora n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pecus