English

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Etymology

Image:Tamil girls group.jpg|thumb|right|A group of girls in Sri Lanka. Origin unknown. The {{term|gyrle||child of either sex}} suggests an Old English * < * (diminutive of *) < *. In that case, one cognate is Low German , {{term|Göre||child}} (or these words could have been borrowed into English). Another possibility (after Robinson 1967) is Old English {{term|gyrela||dress, garment}}.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gəːl/,
• IPA: /gəɻl/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-girl.ogg
• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɜː(r)l|-ɜː(r)l

Noun

1. A young female (in contrast to boy), usually a child or adolescent.
2. : ''Amanda is a girl of 16.
3. Any woman, regardless of her age. See usage notes.
4. A female servant; a maid. See usage notes.
5. A boy with girl-like qualities, especially squeamishness.
6. : Stop being such a girl and punch back.
7. A queen (the playing card.)
8. A term of endearment. See usage notes.

Usage notes

• Calling a grown woman a "girl" may be considered either a compliment or an insult, depending on context and sensibilities.

Translations

• Afrikaans: meisie
• Albanian: {{t+|sq|vajzë|xs=Albanian}}
• Aleut: asxinux
• Ancient Greek: κόρη (kórē)
• Apache:
• : Chiricahua: ’it’éeké, jeekȩ́n
• : Jicarilla: ch’eekéé
• : Western Apache: at’eedn, at’een, it’eedn, it’een, it’éédn, it’één, na’ilín (-na’ilį’), it’ídé ("girls")
• Arabic: (bint)
• Basque: neska
• Breton: plac'h , plac'hed ; note: after article in the singular, this is plac'h rather than'' blac'h
• CJK Characters: 妞
• Catalan: noia , nena (little girl), xiqueta, al·lota
• Chinese: 女孩儿 (nǚháir), 女孩子 (nǚháizi), 姑娘, 女儿
• Czech: {{t-|cs|holka|f}}, {{t-|cs|děvče|n}}, {{t-|cs|dívka|f}}
• Danish: {{t+|da|pige|c}}
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|meisje|n}}, {{t-|nl|meid|f}}, {{t-|nl|meidje|n}}, {{t-|nl|griet|f}}, {{t-|nl|grietje|n}}
• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|knabino|xs=Esperanto}}
• Estonian: tüdruk, plika
• Ewe: nyɔnuvi
• Faroese: {{t+|fo|genta|f|xs=Faroese}}
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|fille|f}}, {{t+|fr|jeune fille|f}}
• German: {{t+|de|Mädchen|n}}
• Greek: {{t+|el|κορίτσι|n|tr=korítsi|sc=Grek}}
• Guarani: kuñataĩ, mitãkuña
• Hausa: yarinya
• Hebrew: ילדה (yaldá) , נערה (na'ará) {{f}
• Hindi: लड़की
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic: stúlka , stelpa (informal), telpa (informal, dated)
• Indonesian: anak perempuan
• Interlingua: puera (child)
• Irish: {{t+|ga|cailín|xs=Irish}}

• Italian: bambina (child); ragazza (adolescent)
• Japanese: 女の子 (おんなのこ, onná-no-ko), 少女 (しょうじょ, shōjo)
• Korean: 여자 (yeoja)
• Kurdish:
• Latin: {{t+|la|puella|f}}
• Latvian: meitene
• Lithuanian: mergina
• Livonian: neitški
• Luganda: omuwala
• Marathi: मुल्गी
• Navajo: at’ééd
• Norwegian: jente /, pike
  • Nynorsk: jente
• Novial: puera
• Old English: {{t-|ang|mægþ|f|xs=Old English}}, {{t-|ang|mægdenċild|n|xs=Old English}}
• Persian: {{t+|fa|دختر|tr=dokhtar|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
• Polish: {{t+|pl|dziewczyna|f}}
• Portuguese: menina (child); moça , rapariga (adolescent)
• Punjabi: ਕੁੜੀ (kuṛī)
• Romanian: fată , copilă (child)
• Russian: {{t+|ru|девчонка|f|tr=devčónka|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|девочка|f|tr=dévočka|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|девушка|f|tr=dévuška|sc=Cyrl}}
• Scottish Gaelic: caileag (child), nighean (child, adolescent), nighneag/nìonag (child)
• Slovak: {{t+|sk|dievča|n}}
• Slovene: {{t+|sl|dekle|n}}
• Spanish: {{t+|es|niño|f|alt=niña}}, {{t+|es|muchacho|f|alt=muchacha}}, {{t+|es|chico|f|alt=chica}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|flicka|c}}, {{t+|sv|tjej|c}}, {{t-|sv|jänta|c}}, {{t+|sv|tös|c}}
• Telugu: {{t|te|అమ్మాయి|tr=ammaayi|sc=Telu}}, {{t|te|కన్య|tr=kanya|sc=Telu}}, {{t|te|బాలిక|tr=bAlika|sc=Telu}}, {{t|te|పిల్ల|tr=pilla|sc=Telu}}
• Thai: เด็กผู้หญิง (dek-phu-ying)
• Tupinambá: kunhãta'ĩ (child); kunhãmuku (adolescent)
• Turan: qız
• Welsh: {{t-|cy|bachgennes|f|xs=Welsh}}, {{t-|cy|geneth|f|xs=Welsh}}
• West Frisian: famke

• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|virino|xs=Esperanto}}
• Ewe: nyɔnu
• Finnish:
• Hebrew: אישה (eesha) , בחורה (bahura) , עלמה (Almah)
• Hungarian:

• Kurdish: {{t-|ku|ژن|sc=KUchar}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mulher|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|девушка|f|tr=dévuška|sc=Cyrl}}
• Scottish Gaelic: bean , nighean
• Telugu: అమ్మాయి (ammAyi)

• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|servistino|xs=Esperanto}}
• Finnish:
• Hungarian: ,
• Icelandic: {{t-|is|þerna|f}}, {{t-|is|þjónustustúlka|f}}

• Irish: {{t+|ga|cailín|m|xs=Irish}}
• Russian: {{t-|ru|служанка|f|tr=sluzhánka|sc=Cyrl}}
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-òglach
• Slovene: {{t+|sl|dekla|f}}

• Finnish:

• Hebrew: סיסי

• : deva (3)

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) 1. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Related terms

• girlie
• girlish
• girly
• girlie girl
• girly girl
• little girl

Quotations

• 1999 April, "I, Roommate", Futurama, season 1, episode 3
• : Fry: Don't girl me with that girl stuff. Bender and me are guys. Guys don't have feelings.

See also

• miss

Category:1000 English basic words

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• female
• woman
• chick
• babe