English Explanatory Dictionary

lioness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female lion (animal).
  2. A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
  3. A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
noun
  1. A player for England women's national football team

Pronunciation

/ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs/ /ˈlaɪ.ə.nɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lioness.wav

Word forms

lioness lionesses

Etymology

From Middle English leonesse, lyonesse, from Old French leonesse, lionesse; equivalent to lion + -ess.

Synonyms

queen of beasts

Derived words

lionesslike mountain lioness werelioness

Translations

Afrikaans: leeuin Albanian: luaneshë Arabic: لَبُؤَة Arabic: لَبْوَة Arabic: اسدة Aramaic: ܐܪܝܘܬܐ Aramaic: אריותא Armenian: էգ առյուծ Asturian: lleona Belarusian: ільві́ца Belarusian: льві́ца Bengali: সিংহী Bulgarian: лъви́ца Burmese: ခြင်္သေ့မ Catalan: lleona Chinese Mandarin: 母狮 Chinese Mandarin: 母狮子 Coptic: ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ Corsican: lionessa Czech: lvice Danish: hunløve Danish: løvinde Dutch: leeuwin Egyptian: U2:D4-t:E22 Esperanto: leonino Finnish: naarasleijona French: lionne West-Frisian: liuwinne Galician: leoa German: Löwin Greek: λιονταρίνα Greek: λέαινα Ancient Greek: λέαινᾰ Gujarati: સિંહિયો Hebrew: לביאה Hindi: सिंहनी Hindi: शेरनी Hungarian: oroszlánhölgy Hungarian: nőstény oroszlán Hungarian: nőstényoroszlán Hunsrik: Leevin Icelandic: ljónynja Ido: leonino Indonesian: singa betina Interlingua: leonessa Isoko: ajalakpo Italian: leonessa Japanese: 雌ライオン Japanese: 母獅 Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ Kazakh: қаншыр
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