girl
Meaning
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- A young female human, or sometimes a young female animal.
- A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- (slang) A queen (the playing card).
- (colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
- One's girlfriend.
- One's daughter.
- (obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
- (slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
Synonyms
young woman
young girl
female child
fille
beautiful girl
fair maiden
pretty maid
unmarried woman
young unmarried woman
female youngster
teen-age girl
swain
damoiselle
female person
damosel
common rudd
female dependent
jeune fille
dauthter
pre-adolescent girl
elder sister
the small one
young bride
damozel
lady-love
married woman
pre-adolescent
servant girl
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɜːɫ/
Etymology
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.
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