maid

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (dated, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
2. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
3. (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

Sinonieme

servant

maiden

housemaid

maidservant

girl

👧

virgin

servant girl

damsel

cleaning lady

housekeeper

valet

lassie

wench

female servant

chambermaid

woman

👩

miss

handmaid

daughter

domestic servant

colleen

charwoman

wife

👰‍♀️

worker

domestic

young woman

Abigail

lady

lass

handmaiden

Miss

manservant

amah

fille

personal attendant

nanny

parlormaid

parlourmaid

female attendant

female slave

household servant

Jill

teenage girl

young girl

lady attendant

damosel

nurserymaid

cummer

salientian

serving girl

Vertalings

meid

👧

Mädchen

👧

servante

domestique

demoiselle

sirvienta

meisje

muchacha

moça

👧

domestica

criada

Dienstmädchen

doncella

bonne

donzela

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/meɪd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mayde

In summary

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).