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English

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Etymology
OE. wifmann|wīfmann, from wif|wīf (�adult female�, Modern English wife) + mann (�human being�).

Pronunciation
RP & US: IPA|/�w�m�n/, SAMPA|/"wUm@n/
audio|en-us-woman.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: wom·an

Noun
wikipedia
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1. An adult female human being.

Antonyms
man
girl

Translations
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Afrikaans: vrou
Ainu: ��� (menoko)
Albanian: grua, femër
Apache:

Arabic: ARchar|ا�راة|ا�رأة (�ímra�a) f, ARchar|�راة|�رأة (már�a) f, ARchar|�ساء p
Aragonese: muller f
Azeri: qadın
Basque: andre, emakume
Bosnian: žena#Bosnian|žena f
Breton: maouez f -ed p
Bulgarian: жена#Bulgarian|жена (žena) f
Belarusian: жан��на (žan�yna) f
Catalan: dona f :ca:dona|^
CJKV Characters: 女
Chinese: �女 (fùn�), 女人 (n�rén)

Croatian: žena#Croatian|žena f
Czech: žena#Czech|žena f
Danish: kvinde c
Dutch: vrouw f
Esperanto: virino
Estonian: naine
Faroese: kona f, kvinna f
Fijian: marama (:fj:marama|^)
Finnish: nainen
French: femme f
Frisian: frou
Georgian: ���� (kali)
German: Frau f :de:Frau|^
Greek: γ�ναίκα (ɣinéka) f
Guaraní: kuña
Hebrew: ��ש� (išá) f
Hindi: �रत (aurat) f, स�त�र�
Hungarian: n�
Icelandic: kona f, kvenmaður m
Ido: muliero
Indonesian: perempuan, wanita

Interlingua: femina
Inuktitut: ����
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Irish: bean (gen. sg. & nom. pl. mná, gen. pl. ban#Irish|ban)
Italian: donna f
Japanese: 女� (����, josei), 女�人 (������, onná no hitó)
Kazakh: �а��н (qatın)
Korean: �� (gyejip), �� (女�, yeoja)
Kurdish: jin, pîrek, afret, kilfet, KUchar|��, KUchar|ئا�ر��ت
Latin: femina f, mulier f
Latvian: sieviete f
Lithuanian: moteris f
Lojban: ninmu
Malayalam: സ�ത�ര� (sthree), പ�ണ�ണ� (peNNu), വനിത (vanitha), മഹിള (mahiLa)
Maltese: mara
Manx: ben#Manx|ben f
Marathi: बा���
Mi'kmaq: ebit
Navajo: asdzáán, asdz����
Norwegian: kvinne c, dame c
Novial: fema
Old English: wif|wīf, wifmann|wīfmann, ides, freo|fr�o, cwen|cw�n, cwene
Persian: FAchar|ز�|ز�� (zæn)
Polish: kobieta f
Portuguese: mulher f
Powhatan: krenepo
Romanian: femeie f, muiere f
Russian: жен�ина (žénš�ina) f
Scottish Gaelic: bean#Scottish Gaelic|bean f (gen. sg. & nom. pl. mnathan, gen. pl. bean#Scottish Gaelic|bean)
Serbian:

Setswana: mosadi
Slovak žena f
Slovene: ženska f, žena f
Spanish: mujer f
Swedish: kvinna c
Telugu: �డది (aaDadi), స�త�ర� (stree), మహిళ (mahiLa)
Tetum: feto
Tok Pisin: meri
Tupinambá: kunhã
Turkish: kadın
Tz'utujil: ixoq
Ukrainian: ж�нка (žínka) f
Urdu: URchar|ع�رت ('aurat) f
Welsh: benyw f, dynes f
Yiddish: froy f
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Derived terms

firewoman
gentlewoman
policewoman
womanish
womanly
mid
womanhood
women
womyn

See also
female
feminine
femme
gal
girl
lady
wikiSaurus:woman

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
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