goddess

See also: Goddess

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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/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: god‧dess

NounEdit

goddess (plural goddesses)

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

HypernymsEdit

• deity, divinity, god
• woman

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• demigoddess
• goddessly

• goddess-ship
• goddessy

TranslationsEdit

female deity

• Afrikaans: godin
• Albanian: perëndeshë (sq) f
• Arabic: إِلَاهَة‏‎ f (ʾilāha), إِلٰهَة‏‎ (ʾilāha)
• Armenian: աստվածուհի (hy) (astvacuhi)
• Asturian: diosa f
• Azeri: ilahə
• Belarusian: багіня f (bahínja)
• Bulgarian: богиня (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
• Greek: θεά (el) f (theá)
• 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: diva (it) f, 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
• Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
• Lithuanian: deivė f
• Macedonian: божица f (bóžica)
• Malay: dewi
• Norman: déêsse f (Jersey)
• 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: 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
• Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
• Tagalog: bathaluman, diyosa
• 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: 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 f
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} gyðja (is) f
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dewi
• 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 f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} boginja (sl) f
• Sumerian: ^{(please verify)} ilati

See alsoEdit

• heaven