"other woman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: other women [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|other women}} other woman (plural other women)
  1. (informal) A woman who is romantically involved with someone (usually a man) already in a committed relationship with another woman, especially a woman having an affair with a married man. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Love Translations (woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship): 小三 (xiǎosān) (Chinese Mandarin), 第三者 (dì-sānzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), toinen nainen (Finnish), a outra [feminine] (Galician), Geliebte (english: all ambiguous, can also refer to a normal girlfriend) [feminine] (German), Liebhaberin [feminine] (German), Gespielin [feminine] (German), Bettgenossin [feminine] (German), Liebschaft [feminine] (German), Verhältnis [neuter] (German), outra [feminine] (Portuguese), друга́я же́нщина (drugája žénščina) [feminine] (Russian), otra [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for other woman meaning in English (4.5kB)

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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          "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "roman": "xiǎosān",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "word": "小三"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gespielin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bettgenossin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Liebschaft"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "word": "Verhältnis"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "outra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drugája žénščina",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "друга́я же́нщина"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woman who is romantically involved with a man already in a committed relationship",
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      "word": "otra"
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