girl

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A young female human, or sometimes a young female animal.
2. A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
3. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
4. (slang) A queen (the playing card).
5. (colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
6. One's girlfriend.
7. One's daughter.
8. (obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
9. (slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
10. A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
11. A female (tree, gene, etc).
12. (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.

Verb

1. To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
2. (informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.

Concepts

fille

jeune fille

femme

fillette

gosse

garçon

enfant

nana

jeune femme

petite fille

filette

bonne femme

gonzesse

meuf

copine

servante

gamine

petite

petite amie

demoiselle

fiancé

gars

madame

femmes

bonne

domestique

adolescente

fifille

fi

nénette

sirène

ami

petite copine

bonhomme

amant

maitresse

maïtresse

belle-de-nuit

catin

cocotte

entremetteuse

fille de joie

fille des rues

fille publique

grue

professionnelle

prostituée

putain

putasse

pute

péripatéticienne

radasse

salopard

saloparde

Mme

bougreesse

conjointe

epouse

mariée

épouse

fiston

gardon rouge

mon petit

mon petit gars

boy friend

chum

homme

mâle

petit ami

petit copain

sigisbée

type

ado

fris

frisont

jeune

jeune garçon

jeune personne

mioche

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɜːɫ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru.

Phrases

" How did you learn to read ?" the girl asked at one point .

"Comment avez-vous appris à lire?" Demanda la fille à un moment donné.