See damsel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "damsel bug"
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"word": "damselfish"
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "neito"
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "hölgy"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "úrhölgy"
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "domaisèla"
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
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"word": "ба́рышня"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "閨女"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "闺女"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "impi"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "immyt"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"code": "fr",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "demoiselle"
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"tags": [
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"word": "jeune femme"
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"word": "jeune fille"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
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"word": "Mädchen"
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"word": "damselfish"
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"word": "damsel in distress"
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"word": "riverdamsel"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "(mladá) dáma"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milostslečna"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "neito"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"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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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"word": "domaisèla"
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzèla"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "młoda dama"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "donzela"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "báryšnja",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́рышня"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "madɛmuazɛ́lʹ",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мадемуазе́ль"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévuška",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вушка"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dámočka",
"sense": "young woman of noble birth",
"tags": [
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"humorous"
],
"word": "да́мочка"
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"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plac'h"
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{
"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"
],
"word": "Jungfrau"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "almah",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עלמה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "girl, maiden (without sexual experience)",
"word": "lány"
},
{
"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": [
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],
"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"
}
],
"word": "damsel"
}
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