Engelsk navneord: woman | |||
1. | woman (om person) an adult female person (as opposed to a man) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The woman kept house while the man hunted. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | adult female | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | adult, female, female person, grownup | ||
Mere specifikke termer | amazon, B-girl, bachelor girl, bachelorette, baggage, ball-breaker, ball-buster, bar girl, bas bleu, bawd, beauty, Black woman, bluestocking, bridesmaid, broad, cat, Cinderella, cocotte, coquette, cyprian, dame, deb, debutante, Delilah, dish, divorcee, dominatrix, donna, enchantress, ex, ex-wife, eyeful, fancy woman, fancy woman, femme fatale, fille, flirt, geisha, geisha girl, gentlewoman, girl, girl, girl, girlfriend, girlfriend, gold digger, grass widow, gravida, harlot, heroine, houri, inamorata, jezebel, jilt, kept woman, knockout, lady, lady, lady friend, lady of pleasure, looker, lulu, ma'am, madam, maenad, maenad, maid of honor, mantrap, married woman, materfamilias, matriarch, matriarch, matron, mestiza, minx, miss, missy, mistress, mother figure, nanny, nullipara, nurse, nursemaid, nymph, nymphet, old woman, peach, prickteaser, prostitute, ravisher, shiksa, shikse, siren, smasher, sporting lady, stunner, sweetheart, sylph, tart, tease, temptress, unmarried woman, vamp, vamper, vestal, virago, Wac, Wave, white woman, whore, widow, widow woman, wife, woman of the street, wonder woman, working girl, yellow woman, young lady, young woman | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Eve | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | adult female body, woman's body | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | adult male, man | ||
2. | woman (om person) a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was faithful to his woman. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | female, female person | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | man | ||
3. | woman (om person) a human female employed to do housework | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The char will clean the carpet. I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | char, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cleaner | ||
4. | woman (om gruppe) women as a class | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It's an insult to American womanhood. Woman is the glory of creation. The fair sex gathered on the veranda. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fair sex, womanhood | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | womankind | ||