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Complete Definition of "girl"

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English

Etymology
Image:Tamil girls group.jpg|thumb|right|A group of girls in Sri Lanka.
From Middle English term|gyrle||child of either sex, of unknown origin; possibly from Old English *term||gyrele < PG. *term||gurwilon- (diminutive of *term||gurwjoz) < PIE. *term||ghwrgh-; another possibility is from Old English term|gierela||garment.

Noun
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en-noun

A young female (in contrast to boy), usually a child or adolescent.
Any woman, regardless of her age.
A female servant; a maid.
A boy with girl-like qualities, especially squeamishness.

#: Stop being such a girl and punch back.

A queen (the playing card)

Usage notes
sense|any woman, regardless of her age Calling a grown woman a "girl" may be considered either a compliment or an insult, depending on context and sensibilities.

Translations
trans-top|female child
Albanian: t+|sq|vajzÃ«|xs=Albanian
Afrikaans: meisie
Aleut: asxinux
Apache:

Western Apache: atâ��eedn, atâ��een, itâ��eedn, itâ��een, itâ��Ã©Ã©dn, itâ��Ã©Ã©n, naâ��ilÃn (-naâ��ilÄ¯â��), itâ��ÃdÃ© ("girls")

Arabic: ARchar|Ø¨Ù�Øª (bint) f
Basque: neska
Breton: plac'h f, plac'hed p; note: after article in the singular, this is plac'h rather than blac'h
Catalan: noia f, nena f (little girl), xiqueta, alÂ·lota f
CJK Characters: å¦�
Chinese: å¥³å©å�¿ (nÇ�hÃ¡ir), å¥³å©å� (nÇ�hÃ¡izi), å§�å¨�, å¥³å�¿
Danish: t+|da|pige|c
Czech: t-|cs|holka|f, t-|cs|dÄ�vÄ�e|n, t-|cs|dÃvka|f
Dutch: t+|nl|meisje|n, t-|nl|meid|f, t-|nl|meidje|n, t-|nl|griet|f, t-|nl|grietje|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|knabino|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: tÃ¼druk, plika
Ewe: nyÉ�nuvi
Faroese: t+|fo|genta|f|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|tyttÃ¶
French: t+|fr|fille|f, t-|fr|jeune fille|f
Frisian: famke n
German: t+|de|MÃ¤dchen|n
Greek (Modern): ÎºÎ¿Ï�Î¯Ï�Ï�Î¹ (korÃtsi) n
Greek (Ancient): ÎºÏ�Ï�Î· (kÃ³rÄ�) f
Guarani: kuÃ±ataÄ©, mitÃ£kuÃ±a
Hausa: yarinya
Hebrew: ×�×�×�×¨×� (bakhura) f, ×�×�×�×� (yaldÃ¡) f
Hindi: à¤²à¤¡à¤¼à¤�à¥� unicode|(lÉ�á¹�ki) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|lÃ¡ny
Icelandic: stÃºlka f, stelpa f (informal), telpa f (informal, dated)
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Indonesian: anak perempuan
Interlingua: puera (child)
Irish: t-|ga|cailÃn|xs=Irish
Italian: bambina f (child); ragazza f (adolescent)
Japanese: å¥³ã�®å� (ã��ã��ã�ªã�®ã��, onnÃ¡-no-ko), å°�å¥³ (ã��ã��ã��ã��ã��, shÅ�jo)
Korean: ì�¬ì�� (yeoja)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú©Ú�
Latin: t+|la|puella|f
Latvian: meitene f
Lithuanian: mergina f
Livonian: neitÅ¡ki
Luganda: omuwala
Marathi: à¤®à¥�à¤²à¥�à¤�à¥�
Navajo: atâ��Ã©Ã©d
Norwegian (bokmÃ¥l): jente m/f, pike m
Norwegian (nynorsk): jente f
Novial: puera
Old English: t-|ang|mÃ¦gÃ¾|f|xsOld English, t-|ang|mÃ¦gdenÄ�ild|n|xsOld English
Persian: t+|fa|Ø¯Ø®ØªØ±|trdokhtar|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|dziewczyna|f
Portuguese: menina f (child); moÃ§a f, rapariga f (adolescent)
Punjabi: à¨�à©�à©�à©� (kuá¹�Ä«)
Romanian: fatÄ� f, copilÄ� f (child)
Russian: t+|ru|Ð´ÐµÐ²Ñ�Ð¾Ð½ÐºÐ°|f|trdevÄ�Ã³nka|scCyrl, t+|ru|Ð´ÐµÐ²Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÐ°|f|trdÃ©voÄ�ka|scCyrl, t+|ru|Ð´ÐµÐ²Ñ�Ñ�ÐºÐ°|f|trdÃ©vuÅ¡ka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: caileag f (child), nighean f (child, adolescent), nighneag/nÃ¬onag f (child)
Slovak: t+|sk|dievÄ�a|n
Slovene: t+|sl|dekle|n
Spanish: t+|es|niÃ±o|f|altniÃ±a, t+|es|muchacho|f|altmuchacha, t+|es|chico|f|alt=chica
Swedish: t+|sv|flicka|c, t+|sv|tjej|c, t-|sv|jÃ¤nta|c, t-|sv|tÃ¶s|c
Telugu: à°¬à°¾à°²à°¿à°� (bAlika), à°ªà°¿à°²à±�à°² (pilla)
Thai: à¹�à¸�à¹�à¸�à¸�à¸¹à¹�à¸«à¸�à¸´à¸� (dek-phu-ying)
TupinambÃ¡: kunhÃ£ta'Ä© (child); kunhÃ£muku (adolescent)
Turan: qÄ±z
Welsh: t-|cy|bachgennes|f|xsWelsh, t-|cy|geneth|f|xsWelsh
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trans-top|woman
Esperanto: t-|eo|virino|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: nyÉ�nu
Hebrew ×�×�×©×� (eesha) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|nÅ�
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Kurdish: t-|ku|Ú�Ù�|sc=KUchar
Portuguese: t-|pt|mulher|f
Russian: t+|ru|Ð´ÐµÐ²Ñ�Ñ�ÐºÐ°|f|trdÃ©vuÅ¡ka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: bean f, nighean f
Telugu: à°�à°®à±�à°®à°¾à°¯à°¿ (ammAyi)
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trans-top|female servant
Esperanto: t-|eo|servistino|xs=Esperanto
Hungarian: t+|hu|szolga, t-|hu|szolgÃ¡lÃ³nÅ�
Icelandic: t-|is|Ã¾erna|f, t-|is|Ã¾jÃ³nustustÃºlka|f
Irish: t-|ga|cailÃn|m|xs=Irish
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Russian: t-|ru|Ñ�Ð»Ñ�Ð¶Ð°Ð½ÐºÐ°|f|trsluzhÃ¡nka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: ban-Ã²glach f
Slovene: t+|sl|dekla|f
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Slovak: deva f (3)
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References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Quotations
1999 April, Matt Groening, â��"I, Roommate"â��, Futurama'', season 1, episode 3


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