goddess

See also: Goddess

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god +‎ -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579).

PronunciationEdit

(UK) enPR: gŏd'ĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒd.ɛs/
(US) enPR: gäd'ǐs, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑd.ɪs/
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Hyphenation: god‧dess

NounEdit

goddess (plural goddesses)

(religion) A female deity.
(figuratively) A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
(figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence.

HypernymsEdit

(female deity): deity, divinity, god
(certain woman): woman

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

female deity

Afrikaans: godin
Albanian: perëndeshë (sq) f
Arabic: إِلَاهَة‎ f (ʾilāha), إِلٰهَة‎ (ʾilāha)
Armenian: աստվածուհի (hy) (astvacuhi)
Asturian: diosa f
Azerbaijani: ilahə
Belarusian: багі́ня f (bahínja)
Bulgarian: боги́ня (bg) f (bogínja)
Catalan: deessa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女神 (zh) (nǚshén)
Crimean Tatar: mabude
Czech: bohyně (cs) f
Danish: gudinde (da) c
Dutch: godin (nl)
Esperanto: diino (eo)
Estonian: jumalanna
Finnish: jumalatar (fi)
French: déesse (fr) f
Galician: deusa (gl) f
Georgian: ქალღმერთი (kalɣmerti)
German: Göttin (de) f, weibliche Gottheit f, weiblicher Gott m
Greek: θεά (el) f (theá)
Ancient: θεά f (theá)

Ionic: θεή f (theḗ)
Hawaiian: akua wahine
Hindi: देवी (hi) (devī)
Hungarian: istennő (hu)
Icelandic: gyðja (is) f
Ido: deino (io)
Indonesian: Dewi (id)
Interlingua: dea
Irish: bandia m
Italian: dea (it) f
Japanese: 女神 (ja) (めがみ, megami)

Kazakh: әйел құдай (äyel quday)
Khmer: ព្រះម៉ែ (preah maeh), ទេវី (km) (de vi)
Korean: 여신 (ko) (yeosin) (女神 (ko))
Latin: dea (la) f, dīva (la) f
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Lithuanian: deivė f
Macedonian: бо́жица f (bóžica)
Malagasy: andriamanibavy
Malay: dewi
Norman: déêsse f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gudinne (no) m or f

Nynorsk: gudinne f
Occitan: dieusa f
Persian: الهه‎ (fa) (elâhe), ایزدبانو‎ (izadbânu)
Polish: bogini (pl) f
Portuguese: deusa (pt) f
Romanian: zeiță (ro) f
Russian: боги́ня (ru) f (bogínja)
Sanskrit: देवी (sa) f (devī)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: богиња f, божица f

Latin: boginja (sh) f, božica (sh) f
Slovak: bohyňa (sk) f
Slovene: boginja (sl) f
Spanish: diosa (es) f
Sumerian: 𒀭 (/diĝir, dingir; dimer, dimir/)
Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
Tagalog: bathaluman, diyosa
Turkish: tanrıça (tr) f, ilahe (tr) f
Ukrainian: боги́ня (uk) f (bohýnja)
Vietnamese: nữ thần (女神)
Welsh: duwes f

adored or idealized woman

Arabic: مَعْبُودَة‎ f (maʿbūda)
Catalan: deessa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女神 (zh) (nǚshén)
Czech: bohyně (cs) f
Dutch: schoonheid (nl)
Finnish: jumalatar (fi)
French: déesse (fr) f
Galician: deusa (gl) f
Greek: θεά (el) f (theá)
Hungarian: istennő (hu)
Indonesian: Dewi (id)

Italian: diva (it) f, dea (it) f
Khmer: ទេពធីតា (dep thi dar)
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Portuguese: deusa (pt) f
Russian: боги́ня (ru) f (bogínja)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: богиња f

Latin: boginja (sh) f
Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
Turkish: tanrıça (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} istennő (hu) f
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dewi (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} dea (it) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} dea (la) f

Novial: ^{(please verify)} dea
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} zeiță (ro) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} bohyňa (sk) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} boginja (sl) f