Meaning

6 senses
  1. An adult female human.

    the first woman president of Spain

    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

  2. (collective)All female humans collectively; womankind.

  3. A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

  4. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).

  5. A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

  6. A female attendant or servant.

Examples

6320 sentences
  1. Where did you see the woman?

    Де ви бачили цю жінку?

    ruГде вы видели эту женщину?

    deWo haben Sie die Frau gesehen?

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  2. I saw a woman in black.

    Я побачив жінку в чорному.

    ruЯ видел женщину в чёрном.

    deIch habe eine Frau in Schwarz gesehen.

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  3. I saw a strange woman there.

    Я бачив там дивну жінку.

    ruЯ видел там странную женщину.

    deIch sah dort eine seltsame Frau.

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  4. She's a woman of strong character.

    У цієї жінки сильний характер.

    ruУ этой женщины сильный характер.

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  5. Where did you see that woman?

    Де ви бачили цю жінку?

    ruГде вы видели эту женщину?

    deWo hast du diese Frau gesehen?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
adult female person:
Русский
By meaning 1
adult female person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
adult female person:

Origin

From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”

From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman, female”, whence English wife) + mann (“person, human being”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below.

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