/ɡɜːl/
Translation
A female child, or a young female person.
Word origin
From Middle English gurle, which at first meant a young person of either sex.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- gyrle
Grammar
Examples
reading .
"Girl" means a young female person.
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Here "girl" means a female child.
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"Girls" is the plural, meaning more than one girl.
A girl is a female child or a young female person. As she grows up, a girl becomes a woman. The word for a young male person is boy.
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