Meaning

4 senses
  1. To staff with female labor.

  2. (transitive)To make effeminate or womanish.

    feminisieren, verweiblichen

  3. (transitive)To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

  4. (transitive)To call (a person) “woman” in a disrespectful fashion.

Examples

6320 sentences
  1. Where 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. She's a woman of strong character.

    У цієї жінки сильний характер. — aandrusiak

    ruУ этой женщины сильный характер. — marafon

  5. 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

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To make effeminate or womanish:

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

womans, womaning, womaned, womaned
Base formwoman · to woman
3rd person singularwomans
Present participlewomaning
Past simplewomaned / womanned
Past participlewomaned / womanned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywoman
he, she, itwomans

Past simpleLesson

all personswomaned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave womaned
he, she, ithas womaned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill woman

Word family

6 related words

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 dictionary
woman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto