Feminine
doncella
- (feminine) maid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman)
- (feminine) abigail, lady's maid (female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs)
- (feminine) Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
don‧ce‧lla
Pronounced as (IPA)
/donˈθeʝa/
Etymology
In summary
From a Vulgar Latin *domnicella (compare Old Occitan donçela, Portuguese donzela, French demoiselle), based on Latin domina (“lady, mistress”). Doublet of damisela.
lady’s maid
rainbow wrasse
Jungfrau
donzella
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