girl

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɜːɫ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gerle

Inherited from Old English: *gyrele

In summary

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.

Synonyms

woman

👩

daughter

lass

maiden

female

♀️

young woman

lady

wench

maid

boy

👦

miss

child

🧒

little girl

lassie

young girl

female child

damsel

young

gal

girlfriend

wife

👰‍♀️

virgin

young lady

belle

fille

beautiful girl

goddess

kid

🧒

missy

queen

👸

fair maiden

pretty maid

bride

lover

❤️

girlie

lad

babe

beauty

Miss

feminine

♀️

youngster

unmarried woman

slut

mistress

offspring

guy

baby

👶

madam

colleen

friend

Translations

fille

👧

Mädchen

👧

ragazza

👧

jeune fille

👧

muchacha

meisje

chica

niña

👧

κορίτσι

noia

👧

garota

👧

rapariga

👧

dziewczyna

menina

👧

Mädel

👧

Sentences

But you were a little girl .

She is such a kind girl .

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

Young girl wearing white holding colorful paper by her mouth .

" The invaders carried the name everywhere ." The beautiful girl spoke of the invaders with pride .