"little girl" meaning in English

See little girl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: little girls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} little girl (plural little girls)
  1. A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age. Categories (topical): Children, People Synonyms (a female child): girl Derived forms: cry like a little girl, little girl's room Related terms: little boy Translations (a female child): طِفْلة (ṭifla) [feminine] (Arabic), дзяўчы́нка (dzjaŭčýnka) [feminine] (Belarusian), дзяўча́ (dzjaŭčá) [feminine] (Belarusian), plac'hig [feminine] (Breton), merc'hig [feminine] (Breton), моми́ченце (momíčence) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дево́йче (devójče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ကောင်မလေး (kaungma.le:) (Burmese), noieta [feminine] (Catalan), 小女孩 (xiǎonǚhái) (Chinese Mandarin), 女孩子 (nǚháizi) (Chinese Mandarin), holčička [feminine] (Czech), meisje [neuter] (Dutch), pikkutyttö (Finnish), fillette [feminine] (French), jeune fille [feminine] (French), petite [feminine] (French), petite fille [feminine] (French), gamine [feminine] (French), Mädchen [neuter] (German), Mädelein [neuter] (German), Mägdelein [dated, neuter] (German), κοριτσάκι (koritsáki) [neuter] (Greek), kislány (Hungarian), cailín [masculine] (Irish), cailíneog [feminine] (Irish), bambina [feminine] (Italian), 女の子 (onna no ko) (alt: おんなのこ) (Japanese), 女児 (joji) (alt: じょじ) (Japanese), 소녀 (sonyeo) (alt: 少女) (Korean), 여자아이 (yeojaai) (Korean), 녀자아이 (nyeojaai) [North-Korea] (Korean), девојче (devojče) [neuter] (Macedonian), लहान मुलगी (lahān mulgī) [feminine] (Marathi), småjente [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lita (Norwegian Bokmål), liten jente [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pike [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), småjente [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lita jente [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), filheta [feminine] (Occitan), drolleta [feminine] (Occitan), mæġþ [feminine] (Old English), mæġdenċild [neuter] (Old English), dziewczynka [feminine] (Polish), menininha [feminine] (Portuguese), garotinha [feminine] (Portuguese), miúda [feminine] (Portuguese), ćhajorri (english: Romani) [feminine] (Romani), raklǒrri (english: non-Romani) [feminine] (Romani), fetiță [feminine] (Romanian), де́вочка (dévočka) [feminine] (Russian), девчо́нка (devčónka) [feminine] (Russian), caileag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), nighneag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), дево̀јчица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), дјево̀јчица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ђево̀јчица (english: Montenegrin) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), де̏клица [Cyrillic, Kajkavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), devòjčica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), дјево́јчица [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), đevòjčica (english: Montenegrin) [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dȅklica [Kajkavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dievčatko [neuter] (Slovak), deklica [feminine] (Slovene), кызычак (kïzïčak) (Southern Altai), niña [feminine] (Spanish), chica [feminine] (Spanish), chiquita [feminine] (Spanish), chiquitina [feminine] (Spanish), nena [feminine] (Spanish), flicka [common-gender] (Swedish), flickebarn [neuter] (Swedish), tös [common-gender] (Swedish), jänta [common-gender] (Swedish), tjej [common-gender] (Swedish), ді́вчинка (dívčynka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), дівча́ (divčá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), дівча́тко (divčátko) [neuter] (Ukrainian), merchig [feminine] (Welsh), geneth [feminine] (Welsh), genethig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-little_girl-en-noun-YlguKOeE Disambiguation of Children: 58 11 31 Disambiguation of People: 49 0 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of 'a female child': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'a female child': 100 0 0
  2. (idiomatic, slang) One's daughter. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-little_girl-en-noun-vjyTspJL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 24 38
  3. (derogatory) A weak-willed or effeminate person. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Synonyms (a weak-willed person): mollusc, nose of wax, pushover Translations (a weak or effeminate person): nenaza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-little_girl-en-noun-wd~cCapO Disambiguation of People: 49 0 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 24 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of 'a weak-willed person': 3 0 97 Disambiguation of 'a weak or effeminate person': 1 0 98

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for little girl meaning in English (15.4kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "little girls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "little girl (plural little girls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 24 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 11 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "en:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "cry like a little girl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "little girl's room"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1904, Amanda Minnie Douglas, \"A Little Girl in Old Chicago\"\nMore than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 May 31, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)",
          "text": "My ... what a sweet little girl!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age."
      ],
      "id": "en-little_girl-en-noun-YlguKOeE",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "word": "little boy"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "girl"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭifla",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "طِفْلة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjaŭčýnka",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дзяўчы́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dzjaŭčá",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дзяўча́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plac'hig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "merc'hig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "momíčence",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "моми́ченце"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "devójče",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дево́йче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kaungma.le:",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "ကောင်မလေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "noieta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎonǚhái",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "小女孩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǚháizi",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "女孩子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "holčička"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meisje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "pikkutyttö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fillette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jeune fille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "petite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "petite fille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gamine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Mädchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Mädelein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Mägdelein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koritsáki",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κοριτσάκι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "kislány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cailín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cailíneog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bambina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "おんなのこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "onna no ko",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "女の子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "じょじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "joji",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "女児"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "少女",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sonyeo",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "소녀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeojaai",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "여자아이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nyeojaai",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "녀자아이"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "devojče",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "девојче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "lahān mulgī",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "लहान मुलगी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "småjente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "lita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "liten jente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pike"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "småjente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lita jente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "filheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drolleta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mæġþ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mæġdenċild"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dziewczynka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "menininha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "garotinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miúda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "rom",
          "english": "Romani",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ćhajorri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "rom",
          "english": "non-Romani",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "raklǒrri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fetiță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévočka",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де́вочка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "devčónka",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "девчо́нка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caileag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nighneag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дево̀јчица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дјево̀јчица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "english": "Montenegrin",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ђево̀јчица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "Kajkavian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "де̏клица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "devòjčica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дјево́јчица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "english": "Montenegrin",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "đevòjčica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "Kajkavian",
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dȅklica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dievčatko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deklica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "kïzïčak",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "word": "кызычак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "niña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiquita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiquitina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "flicka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "flickebarn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "jänta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tjej"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dívčynka",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ді́вчинка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "divčá",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дівча́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "divčátko",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дівча́тко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "merchig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "geneth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a female child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "genethig"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 24 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My little girl's getting married next week!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One's daughter."
      ],
      "id": "en-little_girl-en-noun-vjyTspJL",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, slang) One's daughter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 24 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "May 1 2000, TV.com - Holy Crap! Episode Recap\nLaurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A weak-willed or effeminate person."
      ],
      "id": "en-little_girl-en-noun-wd~cCapO",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "weak-willed",
          "weak-willed"
        ],
        [
          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) A weak-willed or effeminate person."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 97",
          "sense": "a weak-willed person",
          "word": "mollusc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 97",
          "sense": "a weak-willed person",
          "word": "nose of wax"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 97",
          "sense": "a weak-willed person",
          "word": "pushover"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a weak or effeminate person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nenaza"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "little girl"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Children",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cry like a little girl"
    },
    {
      "word": "little girl's room"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "little girls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "little girl (plural little girls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "little boy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1904, Amanda Minnie Douglas, \"A Little Girl in Old Chicago\"\nMore than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 May 31, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)",
          "text": "My ... what a sweet little girl!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My little girl's getting married next week!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One's daughter."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, slang) One's daughter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "May 1 2000, TV.com - Holy Crap! Episode Recap\nLaurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A weak-willed or effeminate person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "weak-willed",
          "weak-willed"
        ],
        [
          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) A weak-willed or effeminate person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "girl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a weak-willed person",
      "word": "mollusc"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a weak-willed person",
      "word": "nose of wax"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a weak-willed person",
      "word": "pushover"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭifla",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طِفْلة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzjaŭčýnka",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзяўчы́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzjaŭčá",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзяўча́"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plac'hig"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "merc'hig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "momíčence",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "моми́ченце"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "devójče",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дево́йче"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kaungma.le:",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "ကောင်မလေး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "noieta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎonǚhái",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "小女孩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚháizi",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "女孩子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "holčička"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meisje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "pikkutyttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fillette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jeune fille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petite fille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mädelein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mägdelein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koritsáki",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κοριτσάκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "kislány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailín"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cailíneog"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bambina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おんなのこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onna no ko",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "女の子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "joji",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "女児"
    },
    {
      "alt": "少女",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sonyeo",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "소녀"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeojaai",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "여자아이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nyeojaai",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "녀자아이"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "devojče",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "девојче"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lahān mulgī",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लहान मुलगी"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "småjente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "lita"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liten jente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pike"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "småjente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lita jente"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drolleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mæġþ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mæġdenċild"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dziewczynka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menininha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garotinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miúda"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "english": "Romani",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ćhajorri"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "english": "non-Romani",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raklǒrri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévočka",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́вочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "devčónka",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "девчо́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caileag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nighneag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дево̀јчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дјево̀јчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "Montenegrin",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ђево̀јчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Kajkavian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де̏клица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "devòjčica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дјево́јчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "Montenegrin",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "đevòjčica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "Kajkavian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dȅklica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dievčatko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deklica"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kïzïčak",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "word": "кызычак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niña"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiquita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiquitina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flicka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flickebarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tös"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jänta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tjej"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dívčynka",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ді́вчинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divčá",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дівча́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "divčátko",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дівча́тко"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "merchig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geneth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a female child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "genethig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a weak or effeminate person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nenaza"
    }
  ],
  "word": "little girl"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.