"enchantress" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/ [General-American], /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/ [General-American], /-ɹəs/ [General-American], /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: enchantresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English enchaunteresse, from Old French enchanteresse; equivalent to enchanter + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enchaunteresse}} Middle English enchaunteresse, {{der|en|fro|enchanteresse}} Old French enchanteresse, {{suffix|en|enchanter|ess<id:female>}} enchanter + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} enchantress (plural enchantresses)
  1. A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch. Synonyms (alluring witch): siren, sorceress Translations (attractive woman skilled at using magic): fetillera [feminine] (Catalan), bruixa [feminine] (Catalan), 女妖 (nǚyāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 女巫 (nǚwū) (Chinese Mandarin), 妖精 (yāojing) (Chinese Mandarin), tovenares (Dutch), heks (Dutch), lumoojatar (Finnish), enchanteresse [feminine] (French), Zauberin [feminine] (German), bandraíodóir [masculine] (Irish), draíodóir mná [masculine] (Irish), incantatrice [feminine] (Italian), 魔女 (majo) (alt: まじょ) (Japanese), lamia [feminine] (Latin), czarodziejka [feminine] (Polish), волше́бница (volšébnica) [feminine] (Russian), колду́нья (koldúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), чароде́йка (čarodéjka) [feminine] (Russian), encantadora [feminine] (Spanish), hechicera [feminine] (Spanish), trollkvinna [common-gender] (Swedish), чарівни́ця (čarivnýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-enchantress-en-noun-yte~djdm Disambiguation of 'alluring witch': 95 4 1 Disambiguation of 'attractive woman skilled at using magic': 81 14 5
  2. A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman. Translations (beautiful, charming and irresistible woman): 妖精 (yāojing) (Chinese Mandarin), verleidster (Dutch), charmeuse (Dutch), lumoojatar (Finnish), bezaubernde Frau [feminine] (German), 魅惑的な女性 (miwakutekina josei) (alt: みわくてきなじょせい) (Japanese), 魅惑的な女 (miwakutekina onna) (alt: みわくてきなおんな) (Japanese), чаровни́ца (čarovníca) [feminine] (Russian), обворожи́тельница (obvorožítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), очарова́тельная же́нщина (očarovátelʹnaja žénščina) [feminine] (Russian), обворожи́тельная же́нщина (obvorožítelʹnaja žénščina) (Russian), чарівни́ця (čarivnýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-enchantress-en-noun-ScfU~CFt Disambiguation of 'beautiful, charming and irresistible woman': 8 90 2
  3. A femme fatale. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Female people, Fictional abilities, Occult, Stock characters Synonyms (femme fatale): vamp Translations (femme fatale): tjuserska [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-enchantress-en-noun-kuvdt7ik Disambiguation of Fantasy: 15 23 62 Disambiguation of Female people: 15 31 55 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 8 15 76 Disambiguation of Occult: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 5 5 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 23 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 15 17 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 17 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 15 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 15 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 16 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 9 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 17 71 Disambiguation of 'femme fatale': 3 2 94 Disambiguation of 'femme fatale': 3 2 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enchauntress, inchantress [obsolete] Synonyms (beautiful woman): beautiful woman
Disambiguation of 'beautiful woman': 38 47 15

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/",
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/",
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      "ipa": "/-ɹəs/",
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "_dis1": "38 47 15",
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}
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "tags": [
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    }
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      "args": {},
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        {
          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 51, page 201:",
          "text": "Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe) / To come, vvhere vile Acraſia does vvonne [live], / Acraſia a falſe enchauntereſſe, / That many errant knightes hath fovvle fordonne: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 25:",
          "text": "The tablets upon which the events of the day were recorded refer to enchantresses, and we can conclude that they were by no means restricted to ancient beldames.",
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          "text": "She was the enchantress of men’s hearts.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A femme fatale."
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      "links": [
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        ]
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/-ɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/-ɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "sense": "alluring witch",
      "word": "siren"
    },
    {
      "sense": "alluring witch",
      "word": "sorceress"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beautiful woman",
      "word": "beautiful woman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "femme fatale",
      "word": "vamp"
    },
    {
      "word": "enchauntress"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "inchantress"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fetillera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚyāo",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "女妖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚwū",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "女巫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāojing",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "妖精"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "tovenares"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "heks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "lumoojatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enchanteresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zauberin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bandraíodóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "draíodóir mná"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incantatrice"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まじょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "majo",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "word": "魔女"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czarodziejka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšébnica",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волше́бница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldúnʹja",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колду́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarodéjka",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encantadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hechicera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trollkvinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarivnýcja",
      "sense": "attractive woman skilled at using magic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чарівни́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāojing",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "妖精"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "verleidster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "charmeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "lumoojatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezaubernde Frau"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みわくてきなじょせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "miwakutekina josei",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "魅惑的な女性"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みわくてきなおんな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "miwakutekina onna",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "魅惑的な女"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarovníca",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чаровни́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obvorožítelʹnica",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обворожи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očarovátelʹnaja žénščina",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "очарова́тельная же́нщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obvorožítelʹnaja žénščina",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "word": "обворожи́тельная же́нщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čarivnýcja",
      "sense": "beautiful, charming and irresistible woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чарівни́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "femme fatale",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tjuserska"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enchantress"
}

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