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goddess

See also: Goddess

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

goddess (plural goddesses)

(religion) A female deity.
(figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.

Derived termsEdit

goddess-ship

HypernymsEdit

deity, divinity, god
woman

TranslationsEdit

female deity

Afrikaans: godin
Albanian: perëndeshë f
Arabic: إلاهة f (ʾilāha)
Armenian: աստվածուհի (astvacuhi)
Asturian: diosa f
Azeri: ilahə
Belarusian: багіня f (bahínja)
Bulgarian: богиня (bg) f (bogínja)
Catalan: deessa f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 女神 (zh) (nǚshén)
Czech: bohyně (cs) f
Danish: gudinde c
Dutch: godin (nl)
Esperanto: diino (eo)
Estonian: jumalanna
Finnish: jumalatar (fi)
French: déesse (fr) f
Galician: deusa (gl) f
Georgian: ქალღმერთი (k’alḡmert’i)
German: Göttin (de) f
Greek: θεά (el) f (theá)
Hawaiian: akua wahine
Hungarian: istennő (hu)
Icelandic: gyðja (is) f
Indonesian: Dewi (id)
Interlingua: dea
Irish: bandia m
Italian: diva (it) f, dea (it) f

Japanese: 女神 (ja) (めがみ, megami)
Khmer: ព្រះម៉ែ (preah maeh), ទេវី (km) (de vi)
Korean: 여신 (ko) (yeosin) (女神 (ko))
Latin: dea (la) f
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Lithuanian: deivė f
Macedonian: божица f (bóžica)
Malay: dewi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gudinne (no) m, 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: богиня (ru) f (bogínja)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: богиња f, божица f

Latin: boginja (sh) f, božica (sh) f
Slovak: bohyňa f
Slovene: boginja (sl) f
Spanish: diosa (es) f
Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
Turkish: tanrıça (tr) f, ilahe (tr) f
Ukrainian: богиня (uk) f (bohýnja)
Vietnamese: nữ thần (女神)
Welsh: duwes f

adored or idealized woman

Arabic: معبودة f (maʿbuda)
Catalan: deessa f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 女神 (zh)
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: богиня (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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dewi
Italian: ^{(please verify)} dea (it) f
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} gyðja (is) f
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} istennő f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} dea (la) f

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

See alsoEdit

heaven

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