women
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- see the list in the lemma, woman
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪmɪn/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmɪn
- Hyphenation: wom‧en
- (General New Zealand, General South African) Homophone: woman (some dialects)
NounEdit
women
- plural form of woman
- Three women went for a walk.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:women.
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
women pl
- Alternative form of wommen
ReferencesEdit
- “womman (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.