girl

CEFRA1

/ˈɡɜːl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A female child or young woman.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A term of address to a female (see usage notes)

Examples

  • The people believed the girl was possessed by demons.

  • That's because you're a girl.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɡʏw]
  • /ɡeːl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.

  2. A female child.

  3. One's daughter.

More examples

In context

  • This girl changed her look.

  • He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.

  • Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru. Cognates Cognate with Yola gurl (“child, girl”), German Gör, Göre (“brat, cheeky young child”), Low German Gör (“child”).