wench

English

Etymology

Middle English wenche, short for wenchel child, from Old English wencel; akin to Old High German wankōn (“to totter”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Noun

wench (plural wenches)

1. (archaic) A young woman, especially a servant.
2. (archaic) A promiscuous woman.

Translations

a young woman

• Breton: merc'h f
• Catalan: mossa f
• Dutch: meid (nl) f
• French: jeune fille (fr) f, fille (fr) f
• German: Magd (de) f, Mädchen (de) n, (regional) Mädel (de) n
• Hindi: औरत (hi) (aurat) f (neutral)
• Irish: cailín m
• Italian: ragazza (it) f
• Macedonian: мома (mk) (móma) f, измеќарка (mk) (izméḱarka) f (servant)

• Norwegian: jente (no) f, tøs (no) m and f
• Polish: dziewka (pl) f
• Portuguese: moça f
• Russian: девка (ru) (dévka) f, девица (ru) (devíca) f, девушка (ru) (dévuška) f
• Scottish Gaelic: caile f
• Spanish: moza f
• Swedish: jänta (sv) f, piga (sv) c
• Welsh: merch f

a promiscuous woman

• Hindi: औरत (hi) (aurat) f
• Norwegian: ludder (no) n, tøs (no) m and f

• Polish: dziwka (pl) f
• Russian: девка (ru) (devka) f, проститутка (ru) (prostitutka) f
• Swedish: slyna (sv) c, slampa (sv) c

Verb

wench (third-person singular simple present wenches, present participle wenching, simple past and past participle wenched)

1. (intransitive) To frequent prostitutes; to womanize.

Translations

To frequent prostitutes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嫖妓 (cmn) (piáojì)

• German: huren (de)
• Russian: таскаться (ru) (taskatʹsja) по (ru) (po) бабам (ru) (babam) f