woman
An adult female humanAn adult female human.
» Where did you see the woman?
Wo haben Sie die Frau gesehen?
Где вы видели эту женщину?
Где ты видел эту женщину?
Где Вы видели эту женщину?
Де ви бачили цю жінку?
Meaning
6 sensesAn adult female human.
the first woman president of Spain
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
(collective)All female humans collectively; womankind.
A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
A female attendant or servant.
Examples
6320 sentencesWhere did you see the woman?
Де ви бачили цю жінку?
ruГде вы видели эту женщину?
deWo haben Sie die Frau gesehen?
I saw a woman in black.
Я побачив жінку в чорному.
ruЯ видел женщину в чёрном.
deIch habe eine Frau in Schwarz gesehen.
I saw a strange woman there.
Я бачив там дивну жінку.
ruЯ видел там странную женщину.
deIch sah dort eine seltsame Frau.
She's a woman of strong character.
У цієї жінки сильний характер.
ruУ этой женщины сильный характер.
Where did you see that woman?
Де ви бачили цю жінку?
ruГде вы видели эту женщину?
deWo hast du diese Frau gesehen?
Translations
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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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Forms
plural: womenSynonyms
55 synonyms- an adult female person (as opposed to a man):adult female
- a woman who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force:servicewomanmilitary woman
- women as a class:womanhoodfair sex
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
175 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- most beautiful woman
- beautiful woman
- an old woman
- old woman
- a beautiful woman
- beautiful woman in
- woman in the
- older older woman
- the old woman
- young woman
- kind of woman
- men and women