"girlish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɜː.lɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɝ.lɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-girlish.ogg [US] Forms: more girlish [comparative], most girlish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪʃ Etymology: girl + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|girl|ish}} girl + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} girlish (comparative more girlish, superlative most girlish)
  1. Like (that of) a girl; feminine. Translations (like a girl): بَنَاتِيّ (banātiyy) (Arabic), дзяво́чы (dzjavóčy) (Belarusian), дзяво́цкі (dzjavócki) (Belarusian), моми́чешки (momíčeški) (Bulgarian), 少女的 (shàonǚ de) (Chinese Mandarin), dívčí (Czech), meisjesachtig (Dutch), knabina (Esperanto), tyttömäinen (Finnish), de fille (French), de petite fille (French), de jeune fille (French), გოგოსებური (gogoseburi) (Georgian), ქალიშვილური (kališviluri) (Georgian), mädchenhaft (German), Mädchen- (German), κοριτσίστικος (koritsístikos) (Greek), lányos (Hungarian), 女の子らしい (onnanoko rashii) (alt: おんなのこらしい) (Japanese), 소녀답다 (sonyeodapda) (Korean), puellāris (Latin), meitenīgs (Latvian), момински (mominski) (Macedonian), tamahine (Maori), jentete (Norwegian Bokmål), jenteaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), pikeaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), dziewczęcy (Polish), feminino (Portuguese), деви́чий (devíčij) (Russian), дѐвојачки [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), дјѐвојачки [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dèvojački [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), djèvojački [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dievčenský (Slovak), dekliški (Slovene), de niña (Spanish), kızsı (Turkish), діво́чий (divóčyj) (Ukrainian), дівча́чий (divčáčyj) (Ukrainian), діво́цький (divócʹkyj) (Ukrainian), מיידליש (meydlish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-girlish-en-adj-awvI8VMW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'like a girl': 88 12
  2. (archaic) Of or relating to girlhood. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-girlish-en-adj-2do~ARIF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: girlishly, girlishness, little-girlish, ungirlish Related terms: schoolgirlish, boyish, womanish

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      "sense": "like a girl",
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      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "de fille"
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      "word": "ქალიშვილური"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "mädchenhaft"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "Mädchen-"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "κοριτσίστικος"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "like a girl",
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      "roman": "mominski",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "момински"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "tamahine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "jentete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "jenteaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "pikeaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "dziewczęcy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "feminino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "devíčij",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "деви́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дѐвојачки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дјѐвојачки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dèvojački"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "djèvojački"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "dievčenský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "dekliški"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "de niña"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "kızsı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divóčyj",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "діво́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divčáčyj",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "дівча́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divócʹkyj",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "діво́цький"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "meydlish",
      "sense": "like a girl",
      "word": "מיידליש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "girlish"
}

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