woman
/ˈwʊmən/
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Translation
An adult female person.
Word origin
From Old English wifman, which joined wif (woman) and man (person).
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wifman
Grammar
Gender
Pluralwomen
Examples
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"Woman" means one adult female person.
Three .
"Women" is the plural of "woman", meaning more than one.
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Here "woman" describes an adult female person.
"Woman" means an adult female person. Take care with the spelling: one woman, but two or more women, with the middle letter changing from "a" to "e" in the plural.
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