woman

CEFRA1

/ˈwʊmən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An adult female human being.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

Examples

  • The excited woman tried to explain the accident all in one breath.

  • Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈwomɪn]
  • /ˈ(ʋ)ʊmən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. All female humans collectively; womankind.

  2. An adult female human.

  3. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).

More examples

In context

  • Why would you marry a woman if you like men?

  • And then, when he lies with his woman, the man may concurrently be with God, and so get increase of his soul.

  • the first woman president of Spain

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Origin

noun

From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman, female”, whence English wife) + mann (“person, human being”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below. Cognate with Scots woman, weman (“woman”), Saterland Frisian Wieuwmoanske (“female person, female human, woman”). Similar constructions can be found in West Frisian frommes (“woman, girl”) (from frou and minske, literally "woman human"). Further information on vocalic development The current pronunciation of the first vowel of the singular began to appear in western England in the 13th...