"damsel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdæm.zəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdæm.zəl/ [General-American], [ˈdɛəm.zɫ̩] [General-American], /ˈdæm.zəl/ [General-Australian], [ˈdɛːm.zɫ̩] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-damsel.wav [US] Forms: damsels [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|dameisele}} Middle English dameisele, {{der|en|fro|damoisele}} Old French damoisele, {{der|en|VL.|*domnicella}} Vulgar Latin *domnicella, {{der|en|la|domina||mistress, lady}} Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), {{m|la|dominus}} dominus, {{m|ine-pro|*demh₂-}} *demh₂-, {{doublet|en|demoiselle|doncella|donzella}} Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella Head templates: {{en-noun}} damsel (plural damsels)
  1. A young woman (of noble birth). Categories (topical): Female people Translations (young woman of noble birth): (mladá) dáma [feminine] (Czech), milostslečna [feminine] (Czech), neito (Finnish), dama [feminine] (Galician), hölgy (Hungarian), úrhölgy (Hungarian), domaisèla (Occitan), donzèla [feminine] (Occitan), młoda dama [feminine] (Polish), donzela [feminine] (Portuguese), ба́рышня (báryšnja) [feminine] (Russian), мадемуазе́ль (madɛmuazɛ́lʹ) [feminine] (Russian), де́вушка (dévuška) [feminine] (Russian), да́мочка (dámočka) [feminine, humorous] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-damsel-en-noun-72B~Mgd8 Disambiguation of Female people: 43 18 33 3 3 Disambiguation of 'young woman of noble birth': 90 0 8 0 1
  2. A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). Translations (girl, maiden (without sexual experience)): plac'h [feminine] (Breton), merc'h [feminine] (Breton), госпожица (gospožica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 閨女 (Chinese Mandarin), 闺女 (guīnü) (Chinese Mandarin), panna [feminine] (Czech), ungmo (Danish), neito (Finnish), impi (Finnish), immyt (Finnish), neitsyt (Finnish), demoiselle [feminine] (French), jeune femme [feminine] (French), jeune fille [feminine] (French), doncela [feminine] (Galician), Mädchen [feminine] (German), Jungfrau [feminine] (German), עלמה (almah) [feminine] (Hebrew), lány (Hungarian), leány (Hungarian), leányka (Hungarian), leányzó [humorous] (Hungarian), kisasszony (Hungarian), hajadon (Hungarian), leányasszony [dated] (Hungarian), damzelo (Ido), cailín [masculine] (Irish), ainnir [feminine] (Irish), maighdean [feminine] (Irish), Mäakjen [neuter] (Plautdietsch), dziewica [feminine] (Polish), donzela [feminine] (Portuguese), fecioară [feminine] (Romanian), fecior [masculine] (Romanian), деви́ца (devíca) [feminine] (Russian), де́вочка (dévočka) [feminine] (Russian), де́вушка (dévuška) [feminine] (Russian), де́вственница (dévstvennica) (english: virgin) [feminine] (Russian), ainnir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), rìbhinn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), maighdeann [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), nighean [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), doncella [feminine] (Spanish), muchacha [feminine] (Spanish), ungmö [common-gender] (Swedish), flicka [common-gender] (Swedish), geneth [feminine] (Welsh), rhiain [feminine] (Welsh), merch [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-damsel-en-noun-kqgYBd-l Disambiguation of 'girl, maiden (without sexual experience)': 1 91 4 2 3
  3. A young woman who is not married.
    Sense id: en-damsel-en-noun-WJA84Lic
  4. An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
    Sense id: en-damsel-en-noun-uZ4BWl5w
  5. A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
    Sense id: en-damsel-en-noun-sVFiJaPM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 3 28 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: damoisel, damoiselle, damosel, damozel [archaic] Derived forms: damsel bug, damsel in distress, damselfish, damselfly, riverdamsel

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          "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "młoda dama"
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          "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "br",
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          "roman": "gospožica",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "閨女"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "guīnü",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "闺女"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "panna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "ungmo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "neito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "impi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "immyt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "neitsyt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demoiselle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jeune femme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jeune fille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doncela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mädchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Jungfrau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "almah",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "עלמה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "lány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "leány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "leányka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "humorous"
          ],
          "word": "leányzó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "kisasszony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "hajadon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "leányasszony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "word": "damzelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cailín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ainnir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maighdean"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Mäakjen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dziewica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donzela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fecioară"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fecior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "devíca",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "деви́ца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévočka",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́вочка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévuška",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́вушка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "virgin",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévstvennica",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́вственница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ainnir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rìbhinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maighdeann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nighean"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doncella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muchacha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ungmö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "flicka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 4 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "geneth"
        },
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      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "(mladá) dáma"
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      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "milostslečna"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "word": "neito"
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      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dama"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "word": "hölgy"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "word": "úrhölgy"
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      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "word": "domaisèla"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "młoda dama"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donzela"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́рышня"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "madɛmuazɛ́lʹ",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "мадемуазе́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévuška",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dámočka",
      "sense": "young woman of noble birth",
      "tags": [
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        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "да́мочка"
    },
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plac'h"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "merc'h"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gospožica",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "госпожица"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "閨女"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guīnü",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "闺女"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "ungmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "neito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "impi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "immyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "neitsyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demoiselle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jeune femme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jeune fille"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doncela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Jungfrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "leány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "leányka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "leányzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "kisasszony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "hajadon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "leányasszony"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "word": "damzelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailín"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ainnir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maighdean"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mäakjen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dziewica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donzela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fecioară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fecior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "devíca",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деви́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévočka",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévuška",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "virgin",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévstvennica",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вственница"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ainnir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rìbhinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maighdeann"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nighean"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doncella"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muchacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ungmö"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flicka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geneth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rhiain"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "merch"
    }
  ],
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}

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