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Meaning of girl | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A1 Common
ˈɡɜːl

Definitions

  1. girl, female equivalent of niño
  2. A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle
  3. A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.
  4. pupil
  5. A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
    countable, offensive, sometimes, uncountable
  6. of or like a girl. girlish laughter. meisieagtig كالفَتيات момически jovem dívčí mädchenhaft piget; pige- κοριτσίστικος de niña, juvenil; afeminada tütarlapselik دخترانه tyttömäinen de jeune fille/de fillette כמו נערה लड़कियां djevojački l(e)ányos seperti gadis stúlku-; stelpulegur di/da ragazza 少女らしい 소녀다운 mergaitiškas meitenīgs; meitenes- keperempuanan meisjesachtig jente-/pikeaktig dziewczęcy نجلۍ غوندې jovem de fetiţă девический dievčenský dekliški devojački flickaktig เหมือนเด็กหญิง; มีลั...
  7. maiden (virgin)
  8. A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
  9. a girl or woman who is often in the company of a particular man or boy. He is taking his girl-friend to the cinema tonight. meisie صَديقَه приятелка namorada dívka, přítelkyně die Freundin kæreste; veninde φιλενάδαnovia, amiga, compañera (kellegi) tüdruk, pruut, sõbratar دوست دختر tyttöystävä petite amieחברה सहेली, प्रेमिका djevojka, prijateljica barátnő pacar kærasta ragazza, fidanzata ガールフレンド 여자 친구 draugė draudzene teman perempuan vriendinkjæreste, jentedziewczyna معشوقه namorada prietenă, ...
  10. One's girlfriend.
    countable, uncountable
  11. (also no capitals) a member of an organization for girls which is aimed at developing character etc. Padvindster مُرشِدة الفَتَيات членка на младежка организация, подобна на скаутската escoteira skautka die Pfadfinderin pigespejder προσκοπίνα exploradora gaid عضو سازمان پیشاهنگی دختران partiotyttö guide חברה בצופים लड़की मार्गदर्शक ženski skaut (leány)cserkész pramuka putri kvenskáti guida; giovane esploratrice ガールスカウト 소년단원 skautė gaida Pnadu Puteri padvindsterspeiderpikeharcerka د پيش اهنګو ...
    also no capitals
  12. One's daughter.
    countable, uncountable
  13. A female child.
  14. A female friend.
    countable, especially, uncountable
  15. A daughter: our youngest girl.
  16. A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
    countable, uncountable
  17. Often Offensive A woman.
    Often Offensive
  18. A female (tree, gene, etc).
    childish, countable, uncountable
  19. Informal a. A woman socializing with a group of women: a night out with the girls.
    Informal
  20. A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
    countable, informal, uncountable
  21. Informal A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball.
    Informal
  22. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
    countable, uncountable
  23. Offensive A female servant or employee.
    Offensive
  24. Cocaine, especially in powder form.
    US, slang, uncountable
  25. a female child from birth to young womanhood
  26. A queen (the playing card).
    countable, slang, uncommon, uncountable
  27. A roebuck two years old.
    UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
  28. A child of any gender.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية البنت
Български дево́йка
Bosanski nena no
Cymraeg benyw merch
Dansk pige
Deutsch Frau
Ελληνικά κορίτσι
Español cabra chica muchacha mujer nena niña
فارسی بانو زن کلفت کنیز
Suomi piika tyttö
Français femme Fille girl servante
Gaeilge cailín
Galego meniña muller
Hrvatski nena no
Italiano girl
日本語
ქართული გოგო გოგონა
한국어 녀자 여자
Kurdî no no
Latviešu kalpone
Nederlands meid vrouw
Português criada girl mulher
Српски nena no
Svenska piga tjej
తెలుగు అమ్మాయి
Tagalog babae dalaga
Українська дівчина
中文 女生

Examples

“I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.”
“He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.”
“Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?”
“"My dear girl, what has he done?" said Mrs. Mallowe, sweetly. It is noticeable that ladies of a certain age call each other "dear girl," just as commissioners of twenty-eight years' standing address their equals in the Civil List as "my boy."”
“"What a pity you couldn't see it." "Isn't it?" I agreed. "Now do go away, there's a good girl."”
“'Now, girls,' continued Healey, 'you're very high-spirited and that's as it should be but I won't have you getting out of hand.[…]' […] Setting a spatted foot on the bench that ran down the middle of the changing-room with elegant distain, Adrian began to flip through a pile of Y-fronts and rugger shorts with his cane.”
“He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.”
“There isn't any guy going to steal my girl!”
“I took my girl to the cinema to watch your American movies.”
“Don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that”
“Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.”
“Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!”
“Sheila – 9yo Blue Cattle Dog x. Lovely girl seeks forever home.”
“Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?”
“Are there “boy” trees and “girl” trees? Yes. A number of species, among them the yew, holly and date-bearing palm, have their male and female flowers on different trees. The male holly, for instance, must be planted fairly close to the female ...”
“Of the 100 percent total, 25 will have two girl genes, 50 will have one boy and one girl gene, and 25 will have two boy genes.”
“When there are two "girl" genes the plant is a girl dwarf.”
“The old girl ain't as pretty as she once was, but she still purrs like a kitten and still gets out of her own way!”
“Daly came, delved into the old girl's inner works, and had her working in jig time.”
““Quiet, everyone!” said Dad as he tried desperately to start the car. GRRR… GRRR… GRRR… Instead of shuddering into life, Queenie let out a low, grinding noise. “Oh no,” said Dad. “What?” asked the boy. “The engine must have flooded when she went upside down. The poor old girl won’t start again now for hours. We’re going to have to walk.””
“The tired old girl was listing heavily in the heavy seas.”
“I ran to my car and jumped in. "Come on, girl, start for me, baby!"”
“He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.”
“He's the sort of lowlife who snorts coke and refers to it as his girl.”
“She had taught me to snort girl, and almost always when I came to her pad, there would be thin sparkling rows of crystal cocaine on the glass top of the cocktail table.”
“Elijah nodded congenially to the early evening regulars in the Afro Lounge, headed straight for the telephone hung midway between the mens and womens, his nose smarting from a couple thick lines of recently snorted girl.”
“After about an hour or two of half-ass sex and snorting girl, Honey was zoned out. […] She flexed her still numb fingers, trying to find a warmth that didn't seem to come. Cocaine always made her numb.”
“Catch me playing with the plate, yeah I love the sauce White girl in my nose, I need to clean it off”
“Are your sure you want to discard that old girl?”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
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