"woman child" meaning in All languages combined

See woman child on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woman child.wav Forms: woman children [plural], women children [plural], woman-child [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|woman children|women children}} woman child (plural woman children or women children)
  1. (archaic) A young female human; a girl. Tags: archaic Synonyms: girl
    Sense id: en-woman_child-en-noun-ovY187B8 Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 51 49
  2. (colloquial, generally derogatory) An adult female who is childish or immature. Tags: colloquial Translations (childish, immature woman): lapsinainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-woman_child-en-noun-Nr9PX-6n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English oxymorons, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Children, Female, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Children: 5 95 Disambiguation of Female: 51 49 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'childish, immature woman': 5 95

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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