goddess

See also Goddess

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: gŏd'ĕs, IPA: /ˈɡɒdɛs/, SAMPA: /"gQdes/*

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• Hyphenation: god‧dess

Etymology

god +‎ -ess, from ca. 1350. The figurative meaning is early modern, first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579).

Noun

goddess (plural goddesses)

1. (religion) A female deity.
2. (figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.

Derived terms

• goddess-ship

Hypernyms

• deity, divinity, god
• woman

Translations

female deity

Arabic: إلاهة (ar) (ʔilaha) f. Bulgarian: богиня (bg) (boghinya) f. Catalan: deessa (ca) Czech: bohyně (cs) f. Dutch: godin (nl) Esperanto: diino (eo) Finnish: jumalatar (fi) French: déesse (fr) f. German: Göttin (de) f. Hawaiian: akua wahine Hungarian: istennő (hu) Icelandic: gyðja (is) f. Indonesian: Dewi (id) Interlingua: dea (ia)

Italian: diva (it) f. Khmer: ព្រះម៉ែ (km) (preah maeh), ទេវី (km) (de vi) Latin: dea (la) f. Norwegian: gudinne (no) m. Polish: bogini (pl) f. Portuguese: deusa (pt) f. Romanian: zeiță (ro) f. Russian: богиня (ru) (bogín'a) f. Spanish: diosa (es) f. Swedish: gudinna (sv) c. Turkish: tanrıça (tr) f., ilahe (tr) f. Vietnamese: nữ thần  (vi)

adored or idealized woman

Arabic: معبودة (ar) (maʕboda) f. Catalan: deessa (ca) Czech: bohyně (cs) f. Dutch: schoonheid (nl) Finnish: jumalatar (fi) French: déesse (fr) f.

Hungarian: istennő (hu) Indonesian: Dewi (id) Italian: diva (it) f. Khmer: ទេពធីតា (km) (dep thi dar) Russian: богиня (ru) (bogín'a) f. Swedish: gudinna (sv) c. Turkish: tanrıça (tr)

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Serbo-Croatian: boginja (bs) f. Mandarin: 女神 (nǚshéng) Serbo-Croatian: boginja (hr) f. German: Göttin (de) f. Indonesian: dewi Italian: dea (it) f. Icelandic: gyðja (is) f. Hungarian: istennő f. Japanese: 女神 (めがみ, megami) Latin: dea (la) f. Latvian: dieviete f. Norwegian (bokmål): gudinne m./f.

Norwegian (nynorsk): gudinne f. Novial: dea Portuguese: deusa f. Romanian: zeiță (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: богиња f., божица f. Latin: boginja f., božica f. Slovak: bohyňa f. Slovene: boginja (sl) f. Spanish: diosa (es) f. Sumerian: ilati

See also

• heaven