woman
An adult female humanAn adult female human.
» Where did you see the woman?
Wo haben Sie die Frau gesehen? — samueldora
Где вы видели эту женщину? — al_ex_an_der
Где ты видел эту женщину? — noxend
Где Вы видели эту женщину? — marafon
Де ви бачили цю жінку? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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? — deniko
ruГде вы видели эту женщину? — al_ex_an_der
deWo haben Sie die Frau gesehen? — samueldora
I saw a woman in black.
Я побачив жінку в чорному. — deniko
ruЯ видел женщину в чёрном. — sharptoothed
deIch habe eine Frau in Schwarz gesehen. — MUIRIEL
I saw a strange woman there.
Я бачив там дивну жінку. — deniko
ruЯ видел там странную женщину. — Eldad
deIch sah dort eine seltsame Frau. — jxan
She's a woman of strong character.
У цієї жінки сильний характер. — aandrusiak
ruУ этой женщины сильный характер. — marafon
Where did you see that woman?
Де ви бачили цю жінку? — deniko
ruГде вы видели эту женщину? — al_ex_an_der
deWo hast du diese Frau gesehen? — Manfredo
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
39 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
166 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.