girl

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

meisje

meid

griet

vrouw

grietje

meidje

mevrouw

meiske

juffrouw

jongen

beminde

schat

dame

echtgenote

eega

gemalin

kind

dochter

deern

deerntje

jongedame

vriendin

huisboy

joch

kerel

bijzit

concubine

maîtresse

minnares

hoer

lichtekooi

prostituee

prostituée

publieke vrouw

slet

snol

vrouw van lichte zeden

Mw.

gozer

jong

knaap

bruidegom

vriendje

jongeling

jongere

peuter

babe

jonkvrouw

kanjer

kipje

lady

spetter

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɜːɫ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Zinnen

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

"Hoe heb je geleerd te lezen?" Vroeg het meisje op een gegeven moment.