English Explanatory Dictionary

goddess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female deity.
  2. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
  3. A woman of substantial authority or influence.
name
  1. The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
  2. The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
  3. The Lady, the main deity in Wicca.

Pronunciation

gŏd'ĕs gäd'ǐs /ˈɡɒdɛs/ /-ɪs/ /ˈɡɑdəs/ /-ɛs/ En-us-goddess.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Goddess.wav

Word forms

goddess goddesses

Etymology

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.

Related words

heaven God monotheism polytheism

Derived words

bitch goddess demigoddess domestic goddess goddesship goddesshood goddessless goddesslike goddessling goddessly goddess-queen goddess-ship goddessship goddessy goddex Green Goddess moon goddess mother goddess personal goddess porcelain goddess regal sea goddess sea goddess sex goddess solar goddess sun goddess triple goddess worship the porcelain goddess oh my Goddess

Translations

Catalan: Dea Catalan: Deessa Czech: Bohyně Danish: Gudinde Dutch: Godin Esperanto: Diino French: Déesse German: Göttin German: Gott German: die Göttin Greek: Θεά Hungarian: Istennő Italian: Dea Japanese: 女神 Latin: Dea Latvian: Dieviete Macedonian: Божица Norman: Déêsse Polish: Bogini Portuguese: Deusa Romanian: Dumnezeiță Russian: боги́ня Slovene: Boginja Spanish: diosa Swedish: Gudinna Turkish: Tanrıça
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