maid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).
Inflected forms:
form: maids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
pos: noun
tags: dated
poetic
gloss: An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
pos: noun
examples: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
gloss: A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: You are betrothed both to a maid and man.
Derived words: bang maid
barmaid
best maid
between-maid
bondmaid
bridemaid
bridesmaid
bride's maid
chambermaid
cookmaid
dairymaid
diaper maid
doormaid
dwarfmaid
elfmaid
elf-maid
elle-maid
evil maid attack
fairmaid
fair-maid-of-France
fancy maid
French maid
groomsmaid
handmaid
housemaid
house-maid
house maid
kennel maid
kennelmaid
kitchenmaid
lady's maid
laundrymaid
maid cafe
maid café
maid child
maid-child
maidhood
maidie
maid-in-waiting
maidish
maidkin
maidless
maidlike
maidling
maidly
maidmarian
maid-of-all-work
maid of honor
maid of honour
maid of Kent
maidservant
maid-servant
maid's hair
maidy
mermaid
meter maid
milkmaid
nursemaid
nurserymaid
Old Maid
old maid
old-maidish
old-maidism
pantrymaid
parlormaid
parlor maid
parlourmaid
schoolmaid
scullery maid
scullery-maid
seamaid
servingmaid
shield-maid
shieldmaid
shopmaid
submaid
tablemaid
undermaid
waiting maid
wardsmaid
washmaid
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: جَارِيَة
roman: jāriya
lang: Arabic
word: فَتَاة
roman: fatāh
lang: Armenian
word: օրիորդ
roman: ōriord
lang: Belarusian
word: дзе́ва
roman: dzjéva
lang: Belarusian
word: дзяві́ца
roman: dzjavíca
lang: Belarusian
word: дзяўчы́на
roman: dzjawčýna
lang: Breton
word: merc'h
lang: Breton
word: plac'h
lang: Bulgarian
word: мома́
roman: momá
lang: Bulgarian
word: дево́йка
roman: devójka
lang: Bulgarian
word: деви́ца
roman: devíca
lang: Catalan
word: donzella
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 少女
roman: shàonǚ
lang: Cornish
word: maghteth
lang: Dutch
word: meisje
lang: Dutch
word: meid
lang: Esperanto
word: fraŭlino
lang: Estonian
word: neiu
lang: Estonian
word: piiga
lang: Estonian
word: preili
lang: Estonian
word: imb
lang: Finnish
word: neito
lang: French
word: demoiselle
lang: French
word: jeune fille
lang: Galician
word: rapaza
lang: Galician
word: rapariga
lang: Galician
word: garela
lang: Galician
word: moza
lang: Galician
word: trondia
lang: Galician
word: garda
lang: German
word: Mädchen
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παιδίσκη
roman: paidískē
lang: Hebrew
word: עַלְמָה
roman: 'almá
lang: Hindi
word: लड़की
roman: laṛkī
lang: Hindi
word: कन्या
roman: kanyā
lang: Ido
word: damzelo
lang: Indonesian
word: gadis
lang: Indonesian
word: perawan
lang: Ingrian
word: neiti
lang: Ingrian
word: piika
lang: Interlingua
word: senioretta
lang: Irish
word: cailín
lang: Irish
word: ainnir
lang: Irish
word: maighdean
lang: Italian
word: signorina
lang: Japanese
word: 少女
roman: shōjo
lang: Korean
word: 소녀
roman: sonyeo
lang: Latin
word: puella
lang: Macedonian
word: де́војка
roman: dévojka
lang: Macedonian
word: мо́ма
roman: móma
lang: Middle English
word: mayde
lang: Middle English
word: mayden
lang: Church Slavic
word: дѣвица
roman: děvica
lang: Church Slavic
word: дѣва
roman: děva
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ
roman: děvica
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⰴⱑⰲⰰ
roman: děva
lang: Old East Slavic
word: дѣва
roman: děva
lang: Old East Slavic
word: дѣвица
roman: děvica
lang: Old East Slavic
word: дивица
roman: divica
lang: Polish
word: panna
lang: Polish
word: dziewa
lang: Polish
word: dziewczyna
lang: Portuguese
word: donzela
lang: Portuguese
word: moça
lang: Romanian
word: fecioară
lang: Romanian
word: fată
lang: Russian
word: деви́ца
roman: devíca
lang: Russian
word: де́ва
roman: déva
lang: Russian
word: де́вушка
roman: dévuška
lang: Scots
word: deem
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ainnir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: maighdeann
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rìbhinn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: òigh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gruagach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дева
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дјева
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: девојка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дјевојка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мома
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: deva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: djeva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: devojka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: djevojka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: moma
lang: Spanish
word: doncella
lang: Spanish
word: señorita
lang: Swahili
word: wafanyikazi
lang: Swedish
word: mö
lang: Swedish
word: jungfru
lang: Telugu
word: కన్య
roman: kanya
lang: Thai
word: สาว
roman: sǎao
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بكر
roman: bikr, bikir
lang: Ukrainian
word: ді́ва
roman: díva
lang: Ukrainian
word: діви́ця
roman: divýcja
lang: Ukrainian
word: ді́вчина
roman: dívčyna
lang: Ukrainian
word: дівчи́на
roman: divčýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: ді́вка
roman: dívka
lang: Urdu
word: لڑکی
roman: laṛkī
lang: Welsh
word: merch
lang: Welsh
word: geneth
lang: Welsh
word: rhiain
lang: Welsh
word: morwyn
lang: Yiddish
word: מויד
roman: moyd
lang: Yiddish
word: מיידל
roman: meydl