English

Pronunciation
AHD|wĭch, IPA|/wɪt�/, SAMPA|/wItS/
audio|en-us-witch.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪt�

Homophones
which (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
wich, wych

Etymology 1
wikipedia|Witch (etymology)
From Old English wicca#Old English|wi��a m, wicce|wi��e f.

Noun
en-noun|es

1. A (usually female) person who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft (according to the OED, its use in the masculine is "now only dialectal").
2. derogatory An ugly or unpleasant woman.

#: I hate that old witch.

Translations
trans-top|person who uses magic
Basque: sorgin; belagile italbrac|Zuberoan/Souletin dialect
Bosnian: vještica f, vještac m
Catalan: bruixa f
Chinese: 巫� (wū pó)
Czech: �arod�jnice f
Danish: heks c
Dutch: heks f, kol f
Finnish: noita
French: sorcière f
German: Hexe f
Greek, Ancient: �α�μακί� (pharmakis) f
Hungarian: boszorka, boszorkány
Irish: cailleach f
Italian: strega f, fattucchiera f
Korean: 무� (mudang)
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Norwegian: heks f
Old English: hægtesse f, wicca|wi��a m, wicce|wi��e f
Polish: czarownica f
Portuguese: bruxa italbrac|woman, bruxo italbrac|man
Romanian: vr�jitoare italbrac|woman, vr�jitor italbrac|man
Russian: вед�ма (véd�ma) f
Scottish Gaelic: ban-draoidh f, buidseach f, bana-bhuidseach f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ве��и�а f, ве��а� m
:Roman: veštica f, veštac m
Slovak: �arodejnica f, striga f, bosorka f
Slovene: �arovnica f
Spanish: bruja f
Sumerian: kashshaptu
Swedish: häxa c, trollpacka c italbrac|woman, trollkvinna c italbrac|woman, trollkarl c italbrac|man
Telugu: మ�త�ర�త�త� (maMtragatte)
Turkish: basmak
trans-bottom

trans-top|derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman
Finnish: akka, ämmä
German: Hexe f
trans-mid
Spanish: bruja f
trans-bottom

Derived terms

bewitch
witchcraft

witch-doctor
mid
witch-hazel
witch-hunt

See also
warlock
wicca
wizard

Etymology 2
Origin unknown.

Noun
en-noun|es

1. An Atlantic flatfish, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus.

Verb
to witch (third-person singular simple present witches, present participle witching, simple past witched, past participle witched)

1. to dowse for water

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