Engelsk substantiv: 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | adult female | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | adult, female, female person, grownup | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 mere spesifikke uttrykk | Eve | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | adult female body, woman's body | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt 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 spesifikke uttrykk | female, female person | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | char, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | fair sex, womanhood | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede uttrykkene | womankind | ||