-woman
See also: woman
English
[edit]Etymology
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From Middle English -woman, from the noun woman.
Suffix
[edit]-woman (noun-forming suffix, plural -women, masculine -man)
- A woman who is an expert in an area.
- A woman who is employed or holds a position in an area.
- A woman who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.
- A woman of a particular nationality.
Usage notes
[edit]- To include people regardless of gender, either the suffix -person is used, or a gender-neutral hypernym, for example police officer instead of policewoman.
Hypernyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → French: -woman
References
[edit]- “-woman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-woman f (plural -womans or -women, masculine -man)
- used to form the names of female sportspersons or professions
Usage notes
[edit]- Most of these like businesswoman are borrowed directly from English, while some such as tenniswoman are not.
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mon-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English noun-forming suffixes
- English productive suffixes
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French terms spelled with W
- French feminine suffixes