"womenfolk" meaning in All languages combined

See womenfolk on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: womenfolks [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of women + folk. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|women|folk}} Compound of women + folk Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} womenfolk pl (plural only)
  1. Women collectively. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (women collectively): kvindfolk [neuter, plural, singular] (Danish), virinaro (Esperanto), naisväki (Finnish), Frauensleute [obsolete, plural] (German), Weibervolk [neuter, obsolete, often, pejorative, possibly] (German), Weibsleute [colloquial, obsolete, possibly] (German), asszonynép (Hungarian), bantracht [feminine] (Irish), kvinnfolk [neuter, plural, singular] (Norwegian Bokmål), på spinnesiden (Norwegian Bokmål), kvinnfolk [neuter, plural, singular] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mulherio [masculine] (Portuguese), mulherada [feminine] (Portuguese), mujerío [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-womenfolk-en-noun-ctntdIRG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Collectives Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Collectives: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'women collectively': 100 0
  2. The adult female members of a community. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (adult female members of a community): naisväki (Finnish), kvinnfolk [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvinnfolk [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-womenfolk-en-noun-ji48RZsU Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'adult female members of a community': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ladyfolk [dialectal, humorous, uncommon] Coordinate_terms: menfolk

Alternative forms

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