enchantress

English

Alternative forms

• enchauntress, inchantress (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enchaunteresse, from Old French enchanteresse.

Noun

enchantress (plural enchantresses, masculine enchanter)

1. An attractive woman skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
2. A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.

   She was the enchantress of men's hearts.

3. A femme fatale.

   His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin!

Synonyms

• (alluring witch): siren, sorceress
• (beautiful woman): See Thesaurus:beautiful woman
• (femme fatale): See Thesaurus:vamp

Translations

attractive woman skilled at using magic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女妖 (zh) (nǚyāo), 女巫 (zh) (nǚwū), 妖精 (zh) (yāojing)

• Dutch: tovenares (nl),heks (nl)
• Finnish: lumoojatar
• French: enchanteresse (fr) f
• German: Zauberin (de) f
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• Irish: bandraíodóir m, draíodóir mná m
• Italian: incantatrice f
• Japanese: 魔女 (ja) (まじょ, majo)
• Latin: lamia f
• Polish: czarodziejka (pl) f
• Russian: волше́бница (ru) f (volšébnica), колду́нья (ru) f (koldúnʹja), чароде́йка (ru) f (čarodéjka)
• Swedish: trollkvinna c

beautiful, charming and irresistible woman

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妖精 (zh) (yāojing)

• Dutch: verleidster (nl), charmeuse (nl)
• Finnish: lumoojatar
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• German: bezaubernde Frau f
• Japanese: 魅惑的な女性 (みわくてきなじょせい, miwakutekina josei), 魅惑的な女 (みわくてきなおんな, miwakutekina onna)
• Russian: чаровни́ца (ru) f (čarovníca), обворожи́тельница (ru) f (obvorožítelʹnica), очаровательная (očarovatelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (očarovátelʹnaja žénščina) f, обворожительная (obvorožitelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (obvorožítelʹnaja žénščina) f

femme fatale

• Swedish: tjuserska c
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