lioness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English leonesse, lyonesse, from Old French leonesse, lionesse; equivalent to lion + -ess.
Base: lion
Affixes: -ess
Inflected forms:
form: lionesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A female lion (animal).
pos: noun
examples: Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness.
gloss: A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society.
The Middlesbrough Labour MP, Stuart Bell, a political and personal friend, said: "Mo was a lioness both in terms of the Labour party and politics nationally. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.
The social worker said she talked to her 28-year-old daughter about the battles Feinstein fought so that younger generations of women could dream bigger. “She was a lioness.”
gloss: A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […]
"Now, boys, keep your eyes open, there must be plenty of lionesses about;" and thus warned, the whole load, including the cornopean player, were on the look-out for lady visitors, profanely called lionesses, all the way up the street.
Derived words: African lioness
lionesslike
mountain lioness
werelioness
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: leeuin
lang: Albanian
word: luaneshë
lang: Arabic
word: لَبُؤَة
roman: labuʔa
lang: Arabic
word: لَبْوَة
roman: labwa
lang: Arabic
word: اسدة
roman: asada
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܪܝܘܬܐ
roman: ʾaryōṯā
lang: Aramaic
word: אריותא
roman: ʾaryōṯā
lang: Armenian
word: էգ առյուծ
roman: ēg aṙyuc
lang: Asturian
word: lleona
lang: Belarusian
word: ільві́ца
roman: ilʹvíca
lang: Belarusian
word: льві́ца
roman: lʹvíca
lang: Bengali
word: সিংহী
roman: śiṅhi
lang: Bulgarian
word: лъви́ца
roman: lǎvíca
lang: Burmese
word: ခြင်္သေ့မ
roman: hkrangse.ma.
lang: Catalan
word: lleona
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 母狮
roman: mǔshī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 母狮子
roman: mǔshīzi
lang: Coptic
word: ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ
roman: laboi
lang: Corsican
word: lionessa
lang: Czech
word: lvice
lang: Danish
word: hunløve
lang: Danish
word: løvinde
lang: Dutch
word: leeuwin
lang: Egyptian
word: U2:D4-t:E22
roman: mꜣt
lang: Esperanto
word: leonino
lang: Finnish
word: naarasleijona
lang: French
word: lionne
lang: West-Frisian
word: liuwinne
lang: Galician
word: leoa
lang: German
word: Löwin
lang: Greek
word: λιονταρίνα
roman: liontarína
lang: Greek
word: λέαινα
roman: léaina
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λέαινᾰ
roman: léaină
lang: Gujarati
word: સિંહિયો
roman: sĩhiyo
lang: Hebrew
word: לביאה
roman: l'vi'á
lang: Hindi
word: सिंहनी
roman: sĩhnī
lang: Hindi
word: शेरनी
roman: śernī
lang: Hungarian
word: oroszlánhölgy
lang: Hungarian
word: nőstény oroszlán
lang: Hungarian
word: nőstényoroszlán
lang: Hunsrik
word: Leevin
lang: Icelandic
word: ljónynja
lang: Ido
word: leonino
lang: Indonesian
word: singa betina
lang: Interlingua
word: leonessa
lang: Isoko
word: ajalakpo
lang: Italian
word: leonessa
lang: Japanese
word: 雌ライオン
roman: mesu-raion
lang: Japanese
word: 母獅
roman: mushi
lang: Kannada
word: ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ
roman: siṃhiṇi
lang: Kazakh
word: қаншыр
roman: qanşyr
lang: Korean
word: 암사자
roman: amsaja
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ургаачы арстан
roman: urgaacı arstan
lang: Latin
word: lea
lang: Latin
word: leaena
lang: Latvian
word: lauvene
lang: Lithuanian
word: liūtė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Léiwin
lang: Macedonian
word: лавица
roman: lavica
lang: Malay
word: singa betina
lang: Maltese
word: leoness
lang: Marathi
word: सिंहीण
roman: siuhīṇ
lang: Mongolian
word: эрслэн
roman: erslen
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠡᠷᠰᠯᠡᠨ
roman: erslen
lang: Neapolitan
word: lionessa
lang: Nepali
word: सिंहनी
roman: siṅhanī
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løvinne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løvinne
lang: Pashto
word: زمرۍ
roman: zmarëi
lang: Polish
word: lwica
lang: Portuguese
word: leoa
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ
roman: śernī
lang: Punjabi
word: شیرنِی
roman: śernī
lang: Romanian
word: leoaică
lang: Russian
word: льви́ца
roman: lʹvíca
lang: Sanskrit
word: सिंहा
roman: siṃhā
lang: Saraiki
word: شِینہݨِی
roman: śīnhṇī
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ban-leòmhann
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лавица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lavica
lang: Shona
word: shumba hadzi
lang: Sicilian
word: liuna
lang: Slovak
word: levica
lang: Slovene
word: levinja
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: lawica
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: lawowka
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: lawica
lang: Spanish
word: leona
lang: Sundanese
word: singa bikang
lang: Swahili
word: simba jike
lang: Swedish
word: lejoninna
lang: Swedish
word: lejonhona
lang: Tamil
word: பெண்சிங்கம்
roman: peṇciṅkam
lang: Telugu
word: సివంగి
roman: sivaṅgi
lang: Turkish
word: dişi aslan
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎍𐎁𐎛𐎚
roman: lbỉt
lang: Ukrainian
word: леви́ця
roman: levýcja
lang: Urdu
word: شیرنی
roman: śernī
lang: Vietnamese
word: sư tử cái
lang: Volapük
word: jilein
lang: Yiddish
word: לייביכע
roman: leybikhe