"womenfolk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: women + folk Etymology templates: {{compound|en|women|folk}} women + folk Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} womenfolk pl (plural only)
  1. Women collectively. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Collectives 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 Disambiguation of Collectives: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'women collectively': 98 2
  2. The adult female members of a community. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Female 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 Disambiguation of Female: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'adult female members of a community': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ladyfolk [dialectal, humorous, uncommon], womenfolks Coordinate_terms: menfolk

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