Meaning of "woman" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WOMAN

Old English wīfmann, wimman; from wife + man (human being).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WOMAN

woman  [ˈwʊmən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOMAN

Woman is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb woman in English.

WHAT DOES WOMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Woman

A woman /ˈwʊmən/, pl: women /ˈwɪmɨn/ is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "women's rights". Women are typically capable of giving birth from puberty onwards, though older women who have gone through menopause and some intersex women cannot. Throughout history women have assumed various social roles in occupation. In some cultures, a majority of women have adopted specific appearances, such as those regulated by dress codes.

Definition of woman in the English dictionary

The first definition of woman in the dictionary is an adult female human being. Other definition of woman is female or feminine. Woman is also women collectively; womankind.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WOMAN

PRESENT

Present

I woman

you woman

he/she/it womans

we woman

you woman

they woman

Present continuous

I am womanning

you are womanning

he/she/it is womanning

we are womanning

you are womanning

they are womanning

Present perfect

I have womanned

you have womanned

he/she/it has womanned

we have womanned

you have womanned

they have womanned

Present perfect continuous

I have been womanning

you have been womanning

he/she/it has been womanning

we have been womanning

you have been womanning

they have been womanning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I womanned

you womanned

he/she/it womanned

we womanned

you womanned

they womanned

Past continuous

I was womanning

you were womanning

he/she/it was womanning

we were womanning

you were womanning

they were womanning

Past perfect

I had womanned

you had womanned

he/she/it had womanned

we had womanned

you had womanned

they had womanned

Past perfect continuous

I had been womanning

you had been womanning

he/she/it had been womanning

we had been womanning

you had been womanning

they had been womanning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will woman

you will woman

he/she/it will woman

we will woman

you will woman

they will woman

Future continuous

I will be womanning

you will be womanning

he/she/it will be womanning

we will be womanning

you will be womanning

they will be womanning

Future perfect

I will have womanned

you will have womanned

he/she/it will have womanned

we will have womanned

you will have womanned

they will have womanned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been womanning

you will have been womanning

he/she/it will have been womanning

we will have been womanning

you will have been womanning

they will have been womanning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would woman

you would woman

he/she/it would woman

we would woman

you would woman

they would woman

Conditional continuous

I would be womanning

you would be womanning

he/she/it would be womanning

we would be womanning

you would be womanning

they would be womanning

Conditional perfect

I would have woman

you would have woman

he/she/it would have woman

we would have woman

you would have woman

they would have woman

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been womanning

you would have been womanning

he/she/it would have been womanning

we would have been womanning

you would have been womanning

they would have been womanning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you woman
we let´s woman
you woman

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to woman

Past participle

womanned

Present Participle

womanning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WOMAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «woman» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of woman

bidie-in · bird · bride · chambermaid · char · charlie · charwoman · chick · chook · dame · domestic · female · femme · gal · girl · girlfriend · handmaiden · ho · housekeeper · lady · lady-in-waiting · ladylove · lass · lassie · lover · maid · maiden · maidservant · mate · miss · mistress · old lady · partner · she · sheila · significant other · spouse · squeeze · sweetheart · vrou · wahine · wench · wife · wifey

TRANSLATION OF WOMAN

Find out the translation of woman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of woman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «woman» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 女人
• Translator English - Spanish: mujer
• English: woman
• Translator English - Hindi: महिला
• Translator English - Arabic: اِمْرَأَة
• Translator English - Russian: женщина
• Translator English - Portuguese: mulher
• Translator English - Bengali: নারী
• Translator English - French: femme
• Translator English - Malay: Wanita
• Translator English - German: Frau
• Translator English - Japanese: 女性
• Translator English - Korean: 여자
• Translator English - Javanese: Wong wadon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đàn bà
• Translator English - Tamil: பெண்
• Translator English - Marathi: स्त्री
• Translator English - Turkish: kadın
• Translator English - Italian: donna
• Translator English - Polish: kobieta
• Translator English - Ukrainian: жінка
• Translator English - Romanian: femeie
• Translator English - Greek: γυναίκα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vrou
• Translator English - Swedish: kvinna
• Translator English - Norwegian: kvinne

10 QUOTES WITH «WOMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word woman.

1

Manal al-Sharif

We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.

2

Madeleine Albright

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.

3

Jaimie Alexander

I will never be a waif. I want to market myself as a healthy-looking woman who is an action-star kind of girl.

4

Sarah Baker

I can play a cat lady. I can't put my foot down and refuse to play anything but playing the perfect, well-adjusted woman, because those people aren't as fun or funny.

5

Henri Barbusse

It is not a woman I want - it is all women.

6

Leonard Bernstein

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

7

Mike Birbiglia

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.

8

Belinda Carlisle

You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman.

9

Jim Caviezel

I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life.

10

Whittaker Chambers

When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOMAN»

Discover the use of woman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to woman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Woman: An Intimate Geography

Updated throughout and with a new introduction bringing readers up to date on the latest science in evolutionary psychology and hormone replacement therapy, this new edition of Woman reinvigorates Angier’s joyful vision of womanhood. ...

Natalie Angier, 1999

How To Be a Woman

Part memoir, part rant, Caitlin answers the questions that every modern woman is asking. 'This might just be the funniest intelligent book ever written' - Stylist 'Engaging, brave and consistently, cleverly, naughtily funny' -Independent

Caitlin Moran, 2011

Woman: Selected Poems

Woman is a selection of new poems fused with work from; her two previous books You and Me and Quantum Love; and her CDs Agnes Meadows and Blues Shakin' My Heels.

Agnes Meadows, 2003

Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's ...

Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows.

Amina Wadud, 1999

Qur'an and Woman : Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's ...

For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis.

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Amina Wadud Islamic Studies Professor, 1999

One-dimensional Woman

Criticizes the hollowness of contemporary feminism, its lack of alternative thought, and its emphasis on capitalist individualism.

Nina Power, 2009

Imagine There's No Woman: Ethics and Sublimation

A psychoanalytic and philosophical exploration of sublimation as a key term in Jacques Lacan's theories of ethics and feminine sexuality.

Joan Copjec, 2004

Yellow Woman

The essays in this collection compare Silko's many retellings of Yellow Woman stories from a variety of angles, looking at crucial themes like storytelling, cultural inheritances, memory, continuity, identity, interconnectedness, ritual, ...

Melody Graulich, 1993

The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in ...

DIVA study of the "modern" woman in Japan before World War II./div "Barbara Sato has produced a superb book on the construction of a new women's culture in Japan in the interwar period.

Barbara Sato, 2003

My Woman His Wife 3: Playing for Keeps: Playing for Keeps

Four years after disrupting the Cinque family, Monica is back to cause some more trouble, but with enemies everywhere, she has to decide if she wants to stay in Philadelphia or return to Atlanta where she thinks she will be safe.

Anna J., 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term woman is used in the context of the following news items.

Video shows FSU quarterback punching woman at a bar

The woman in the video suffered bruising under her left eye, swelling to the left cheek and upper lip, and a small cut near the bridge of her nose, according to ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Painfully Skinny Jeans Land A Woman In The Hospital

If you've wondered whether there's a downside to wearing superskinny jeans, this story's for you. A 35-year-old Australian woman wound up in the hospital after ... «NPR, Jun 15»

Man charged over attack on pregnant woman who lost unborn child

Police eventually had to take the woman to hospital themselves. An ambulance service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 8.16pm on 15 June to Talfourd ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Finally! Woman to be on new $10 bill

On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said a woman will be featured on a redesigned $10 bill in 2020 -- the 100th anniversary of the Constitution's ... «CNNMoney, Jun 15»

Woman hit by broken bat at Fenway remains hospitalized

A woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by a broken bat during the Red Sox game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park on Friday night. «WCVB Boston, Jun 15»

Woman dragged to her death from car window by LION at safari park …

A WOMAN was savaged by a LION through a car window in a bloody killing at a ... tried to pull the lion off in a desperate attempt to save the 22-year-old woman. «Express.co.uk, Jun 15»

This 92-Year-Old Is the Oldest Woman to Ever Run (and Finish) a …

Finishing a marathon is difficult at any age, but if you want to know how hard it is at 92 you'll have to ask Harriette Thompson. The Charlotte, N.C., resident ... «TIME, Jun 15»

Silicon Valley recycling center looking for for woman who threw out …

A recycling center in the Silicon Valley is looking for a woman who dropped off an old Apple computer that turned out to be a collectible item worth $200,000. «Daily Mail, May 15»

Sandra Bullock named People's most beautiful woman

The selection of Bullock, the oldest woman to receive top honors in the history of the list, is a sign that beauty knows no age, say some. "Great choice! Gorgeous ... «CNN, Apr 15»

Percy Sledge, who sang 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' dead at 74

1 hit in 1966, “When a Man Loves a Woman” was Sledge's debut single, an almost unbearably heartfelt ballad with a resonance he never approached again. «New York Post, Apr 15»