mistress

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
2. A female head of household.
3. A female teacher.
4. The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
5. A dominatrix.
6. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
7. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.
8. (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.
9. (archaic) A respectful mode of address to a woman.
10. (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.
11. A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership).
12. (feminine, form-of) Female equivalent of master.
13. (feminine, form-of) Female equivalent of mister.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.

master

• Noun
• Adj
• Verb

Llegeix-ne més

mister

• Noun
• Verb
• Verb

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

amant

amistançada

muller

👰‍♀️

esposa

👰‍♀️

amiga

mestressa

cònjuge

cortesana

mestra

mantinguda

dona

👩

Oposat a

cicisbeo, fancy man

Sinònims

lady

concubine

lover

❤️

kept woman

paramour

sweetheart

wife

👰‍♀️

madam

schoolmistress

owner

woman

👩

proprietress

Mrs.

fancy woman

queen

👸

matron

teacher

🧑‍🏫

hostess

landlady

housekeeper

housewife

inamorata

ladylove

schoolma’am

schoolmarm

Miss

female

♀️

boss

courtesan

doxy

girl

👧

girlfriend

lady-love

madame

master

Mrs

prostitute

schoolteacher

signora

landowner’s wife

secret concubine

adulterer

milady

missis

missus

mother

👩‍🍼

female ruler

old woman

executive

empress

Traduccions

maîtresse

signora

domina

amante

❤️

Geliebte

padrona

bazin

querida

señora

amante

κυρία

mevrouw

Herrin

Mätresse

Frau

👩

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɪstɹɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: maistresse

Cognat amb francès: maîtresse

In summary

From Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse (whence French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). By surface analysis, mist(e)r + -ess.