Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or condition of being a woman.

    She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.

    Weiblichkeit, Fraulichkeit, Frausein

    же́нственностьžénstvennostʹ

    the state of being an adult woman

  2. (countable, uncountable)All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

    alle Frauen, Frauen

    же́нский полžénskij pol, же́нщиныžénščiny

    жіно́цтвоžinóctvo

  3. (countable, uncountable)The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

    Fraulichkeit

    же́нственностьžénstvennostʹ

  5. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She is now in the prime of womanhood.

  2. He pressed his turgid sex against the center of her womanhood.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
women as a group:
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being a woman:
women as a group:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
state of being a woman:
women as a group:

Origin

From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface

From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood.

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Forms

plural: womanhoods

Synonyms

5 synonyms
womanishnesswomanlinesswomankind[universal]] or worldwide>
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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