"alpha female" meaning in All languages combined

See alpha female on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-alpha female.wav Forms: alpha females [plural]
Etymology: By extension, from alpha male. Head templates: {{en-noun}} alpha female (plural alpha females)
  1. (zoology, ethology) The dominant female in a social or group hierarchy. Categories (topical): Ethology, Zoology, Ethology, Female people Synonyms: alpha [feminine], female alpha Related terms: alpha pair, beta female, gamma female, delta female, omega female Coordinate_terms: alpha [masculine], alpha male, male alpha Translations (dominant female animal): alfahun [common-gender] (Danish), alfanaaras (Finnish), femelle dominante [feminine] (French), Alpha-Weibchen [neuter] (German), Alphaweibchen [neuter] (German), alphahunn [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), alfaho [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samica alfa [feminine] (Polish), fêmea alfa [feminine] (Portuguese), а́льфа-са́мка (álʹfa-sámka) [feminine] (Russian), alfa ženka (Serbo-Croatian), hembra alfa [feminine] (Spanish), alfahona [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-alpha_female-en-noun-rnGixpuQ Disambiguation of Ethology: 92 8 Disambiguation of Female people: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 59 41 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'dominant female animal': 96 4
  2. (by extension) A self-assured, independent, self-driven, influential, or strong woman; an alphette. Tags: broadly Translations (self-assured and strong woman): alfahun [common-gender] (Danish), alfanaaras (Finnish), samica alfa [feminine] (Polish), alfa ženka (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-alpha_female-en-noun-27LW3bLQ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'self-assured and strong woman': 9 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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