Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dated, poetic)A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

    an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

  2. An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)

    Stubenmädchen

    го́рничнаяgórničnaja, служа́нкаslužánka

    покої́вкаpokojívka, го́рничнаhórnyčna, служни́цяslužnýcja

  3. (archaic)A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

    Mädchen

    деви́цаdevíca, де́ваdéva, де́вушкаdévuška

    ді́ваdíva, діви́цяdivýcja, ді́вчинаdívčyna

Examples

208 sentences
  1. He has a maid.

    У нього є покоївка.

    ruОн держит прислугу.

    deEr hat eine Putzfrau.

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  2. Tom treated Mary like a maid.

    ruТом обращался с Мэри как со служанкой.

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  3. Tom wishes he had a maid.

    deTom hätte gern ein Dienstmädchen.

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  4. I need to hire a maid.

    ruМне нужно нанять горничную.

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  5. Mary is the maid of honor.

    ruМэри - подружка невесты.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
female servant or cleaner:
young female:
Русский
By meaning 2
female servant or cleaner:
young female:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
female servant or cleaner:
young female:

Origin

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English m

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).

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