English Explanatory Dictionary

lass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
  2. A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.
  3. A sweetheart.
  4. A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.
  5. A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.

Pronunciation

/læs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lass.wav

Word forms

lass lasses

Etymology

From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie

Synonyms

babe bint bird cake chick colleen cutty damoiselle damsel elrig frail gal gel girl girlie girly grill hottie lass lassie little girl maggie maid maid child maiden minoress miss missy moggy poppet pucelle puss quean tart wan wench woman child baggage bim bitch blone broad covess dame donna feme femme femoid frau frow gash gentlelady ginch hen ho huwoman lady maness mort mulier

Derived words

buffer lass currency lass hallelujah lass lassie lasslorn lassock lassy our lass wor lass

Translations

Arabic: صبية Breton: merc'h Breton: plac'h Bulgarian: мома Bulgarian: девойка Cebuano: dalaga Czech: děvenka Czech: děvče Czech: dívka Danish: tøs Esperanto: junulino Finnish: tyttö Finnish: neiti French: fillette French: jeune fille French: demoiselle French: fille French: jeune femme French: nana German: Jungfrau German: Mädchen Ancient Greek: κοράσιον Hebrew: ילדה Hebrew: עַלְמָה Hebrew: בַּחוּרָה Hebrew: בַּת Hebrew: נַעֲרָה Hungarian: leány Hungarian: leányka Irish: cailín Irish: gearrchaile Irish: maighdean Korean: 아가씨 Macedonian: девојче Macedonian: моме Occitan: joventa Occitan: tosa Persian: لاکو Plautdietsch: Mäakjen Plautdietsch: Mejal Polish: dziewczyna Portuguese: garota Portuguese: menina Portuguese: rapariga Portuguese: senhorita Russian: де́вочка Russian: де́вушка Scottish Gaelic: caileag Scottish Gaelic: nighneag Scottish Gaelic: gruagach Scottish Gaelic: nighean Scottish Gaelic: rìbhinn Spanish: niña Spanish: chica Spanish: chiquita Spanish: muchacha Spanish: señorita Swedish: flicka Swedish: jänta Swedish: tös Tagalog: ining Tagalog: nene Tagalog: neneng Welsh: geneth Welsh: merch Welsh: rhiain
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