little girl

English

Noun

little girl (plural little girls)

1. A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
   • 1904, Amanda Minnie Douglas, "A Little Girl in Old Chicago"

     More than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age.

   • 2000 May 31, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

     My ... what a sweet little girl!

2. (idiomatic, slang) One's daughter.

   My little girl's getting married next week!

3. (derogatory) A weak-willed or effeminate person.
   • May 1 2000, TV.com - Holy Crap! Episode Recap

     Laurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once.

Synonyms

• (a female child): Thesaurus:girl
• (a weak-willed person): mollusc, nose of wax, pushover

Derived terms

• cry like a little girl
• little girl's room

Translations

a female child

• Arabic: طِفْلة f (ṭifla)
• Belarusian: дзяўчы́нка f (dzjaŭčýnka), дзяўча́ f (dzjaŭčá)
• Breton: plac'hig (br) f, merc'hig (br) f
• Bulgarian: моми́ченце n (momíčence), дево́йче n (devójče)
• Burmese: ကောင်မလေး (my) (kaungma.le:)
• Catalan: noieta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小女孩 (xiǎonǚhái), 女孩子 (zh) (nǚháizi)

• Czech: holčička (cs) f
• Dutch: meisje (nl) n
• Finnish: pikkutyttö (fi)
• French: fillette (fr) f, jeune fille (fr) f, petite (fr) f, petite fille (fr) f, gamine (fr) f
• German: Mädchen (de) n, Mädelein n, Mägdelein (de) n (dated)
• Greek: κοριτσάκι (el) n (koritsáki)
• Hungarian: kislány (hu)
• Irish: cailín (ga) m, cailíneog f
• Italian: bambina (it) f
• Japanese: 女の子 (ja) (おんなのこ, onna no ko), 女児 (ja) (じょじ, joji)
• Korean: 소녀(少女) (ko) (sonyeo), 여자아이 (ko) (yeojaai), 녀자아이 (nyeojaai) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: девојче n (devojče)
• Marathi: लहान मुलगी f (lahān mulgī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: småjente m or f, lita / liten (no) jente (no) m or f / pike (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: småjente f, lita jente f

• Occitan: filheta f, drolleta f
• Old English: mæġþ f, mæġdenċild n
• Polish: dziewczynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: menininha (pt) f, garotinha f, miúda (pt) f
• Romani: ćhajorri f (Romani), raklǒrri f (non-Romani)
• Romanian: fetiță (ro) f
• Russian: де́вочка (ru) f (dévočka), девчо́нка (ru) f (devčónka)
• Scottish Gaelic: caileag (gd) f, nighneag (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дево̀јчица f, дјево̀јчица f, ђево̀јчица f (Montenegrin), де̏клица f (Kajkavian)

  Roman: devòjčica (sh) f, дјево́јчица f, đevòjčica f (Montenegrin), dȅklica (sh) f (Kajkavian)

• Slovak: dievčatko n
• Slovene: deklica f
• Southern Altai: кызычак (kïzïčak)
• Spanish: niña (es) f, chica (es) f, chiquita (es) f, chiquitina f, nena (es) f
• Swedish: flicka (sv) c, flickebarn (sv) n, tös (sv) c, jänta (sv) c, tjej (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ді́вчинка f (dívčynka), дівча́ n (divčá), дівча́тко n (divčátko)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: merchig f, geneth (cy) f, genethig f

a weak or effeminate person

• Spanish: nenaza f

See also

• little boy