little girl plural little girls
A female child , especially one younger than ten years of age.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:girl 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 !
( idiomatic , slang ) daughter .
My little girl' s getting married next week!
( derogatory ) weak-willed or effeminate person.
Synonyms: mollusc nose of wax pushover 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. 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: con gái (vi)
Welsh: merchig f geneth (cy) f genethig f
a weak or effeminate person