sorceress

English

Etymology

From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse.

Noun

sorceress (plural sorceresses)

1. A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 328:

     The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.

Translations

female wizard

• Arabic: سَاحِرَة f (sāḥira)
• Armenian: կախարդուհի (hy) (kaxarduhi), վհուկ (hy) (vhuk)
• Belarusian: чараўні́ца f (čaraŭníca)
• Bulgarian: чароде́йка (bg) f (čarodéjka), магьосница (bg) f (magjosnica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巫婆 (zh) (wūpó)

• Cornish: pystriores f
• Czech: čarodějka f, kouzelnice f
• Danish: troldkvinde f
• Dutch: tovenares (nl)
• Esperanto: sorĉistino, magiistino
• Finnish: velhotar
• French: sorcière (fr) f
• German: Zaubererin f, Zaubrerin (de) f, Zauberin (de) f, Magierin (de) f, Hexenmeisterin f
• Hindi: जादूगरनी f (jādūgarnī), भानमती (hi) f (bhānamtī), टोनहाई (hi) (ṭonhāī)
• Italian: strega (it) f
• Japanese: 魔女 (ja) (まじょ, majo), 女魔術師 (じょまじゅつし, jomajutshi)
• Korean: 요정 (ko) (yojeong), 마녀 (ko) (manyeo)
• Latgalian: būrauka
• Latin: maga f, venefica f, strīga f, lamia f, fascinatrix f, fascinatoria f, fascinans (la) f
• Latvian: burve (lv)
• Macedonian: волшебничка f (volšebnička)
• Maori: wahine mākutu
• Plautdietsch: Hakjs f
• Polish: czarodziejka (pl) f, czarownica (pl) f, zamawiaczka f
• Portuguese: feiticeira (pt) f, bruxa (pt) f
• Russian: волше́бница (ru) f (volšébnica), колду́нья (ru) f (koldúnʹja), чароде́йка (ru) f (čarodéjka), ве́дьма (ru) f (védʹma) (witch)
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-bhuidseach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чаробница f, волшебница f

  Roman: čarobnica (sh) f, volšebnica f

• Slovak: čarodejka f, kúzelníčka f
• Slovene: čarovnica (sl) f
• Spanish: hechicera (es) f, bruja (es) f
• Ukrainian: чарівни́ця f (čarivnýcja), чароді́йка f (čarodíjka), чароді́йниця f (čarodíjnycja)
• Volapük: jimagival
• Yiddish: מכשפֿה f (makhsheyfe), מכשפֿטע f (mekhashefte)

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