goddess in English: A female god; a woman with special power in old stories and religions. (noun)

Translation

A female god; a woman with special power in old stories and religions.

Word origin

Middle English, built from god plus the French feminine ending -esse.

Gender

Pluralgoddesses

Venus Roman .

A goddess is a female god.

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Old religions had gods and goddesses for many things.

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People also use "goddess" for a very beautiful or impressive woman.

god

A being that people pray to and believe has great power over the world.

queen

A woman who rules a country, or the wife of a king.

beauty

The quality of being lovely to look at or to listen to.

temple

A building where people go to pray to a god.

heaven

In many religions, the happy place above the sky where God lives and good people go when they die.

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