woman

woman
'wumən
plural - women; noun
1) (an adult human female: His sisters are both grown women now; (also adjective) a woman doctor; women doctors.) kvinne; kvinnelig
2) (a female domestic daily helper: We have a woman who comes in to do the cleaning.) hushjelp
•
- womanhood
- womankind
- womenkind
- womanly
- womanliness
- womenfolk
kvinne
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subst. (flertall: women) \/ˈwʊmən\/, i flertall: \/ˈwɪmɪn\/
1) kvinne(skikkelse), dame, kvinnfolk
• the woman in her
kvinnen i henne
• she's quite a woman
hun er litt av en dame
• there's a woman in it
det er en kvinne med i spillet
2) (i alminnelighet) kvinnen, kvinner
• woman is often braver than man
kvinner er ofte modigere enn menn
3) kone, (kvinnelig) kjæreste, elskerinne, dame
• John brought his woman to the party
John tok med damen sin i selskapet
4) (hverdagslig) rengjøringshjelp, hushjelp
5) (gammeldags) kammerjomfru, hoffdame
6) kvinnelig arbeider, kvinnelig ansatt
be one's own woman stå på egne ben, være sin egen kvinne
be twice the woman one was (om moral eller fysisk form) være et nytt og bedre menneske
born of woman av kvinne født, født av en kvinne, dødelig
get a woman with child (hverdagslig) gjøre en kvinne gravid
government by a woman eller government by women kvinnestyre, kvinnevelde, kvinneregime
a kept woman elskerinne
the little woman (spøkefullt, nedlatende, om ens kone) kona, kjerringa
make an honest woman of someone gjøre en ærbar kvinne av noen
my good woman (britisk, gammeldags, nedlatende) min gode frue, lille frue
my\/the old woman (hverdagslig, om ens mor eller kone) mor, kjerring
old woman (også om menn) gammel kjerring
• he's an old woman
han er som en gammel kjerring
the other woman den andre kvinnen
woman of all work (gammeldags) enepike
woman of easy virtue kvinne som er lett på tråden
woman of letters lærd kvinne, kvinnelig forsker kvinnelig forfatter, forfatterinne
woman of the streets (gammeldags) gatepike, prostituert
(a) woman of the world verdensdame
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adj. \/ˈwʊmən\/
1) (foran yrkesbetegnelse) kvinnelig
• she was studying woman authors
hun studerte kvinnelige forfattere
2) kvinne-, kvinnfolk-, -inne
• they discussed woman issues
de diskuterte kvinnespørsmål
• we had a good woman chat
vi hadde en god kvinnfolkprat
• he had many woman friends
han hadde mange venninner

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