"kween" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /kʋeːn/ Audio: Nl-kween.ogg Forms: kwenen [plural], kweentje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -eːn Etymology: From Middle Dutch quene (“wife, woman”), from Old Dutch kwena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Cognate with English quean, archaic German Queene (“heifer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|quene||wife, woman}} Middle Dutch quene (“wife, woman”), {{inh|nl|odt|kwena}} Old Dutch kwena, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*kwenā}} Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*kwenǭ||woman}} Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), {{inh|nl|ine-pro|*gʷḗn||woman}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”), {{cog|en|quean}} English quean, {{cog|de|Queene|t=heifer}} German Queene (“heifer”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} kween f (plural kwenen, diminutive kweentje n)
  1. barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; (by extension) any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kween-nl-noun-GM-i9Vzp Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. (dated) woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone Tags: dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-kween-nl-noun-4pJQs0F5 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kwee

Noun [English]

Forms: kweens [plural], kweenz [plural]
Etymology: From queen. Head templates: {{en-noun|kweens|kweenz}} kween (plural kweens or kweenz)
  1. (LGBT slang) A queen. Tags: slang Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-kween-en-noun-7FGN1GWX Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality
  2. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of queen. Tags: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: queen
    Sense id: en-kween-en-noun-g4Ky3tQI Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 16 2 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 18 1 62

Inflected forms

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