"temptress" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛmp.tɹɛs/ Forms: temptresses [plural]
Etymology: From tempter + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tempter|ess}} tempter + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} temptress (plural temptresses)
  1. An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men. Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms (alluring woman who seduces or exploits men): vamp Translations (An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men): svůdkyně [feminine] (Czech), pokušitelka [feminine] (Czech), viettelijätär (Finnish), tentatrice [feminine] (French), séductrice [feminine] (French), Verführerin [feminine] (German), ξελογιάστρα (xelogiástra) [feminine] (Greek), 魔性の女 (mashou no onna) (Japanese), заводница (zavodnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), uwodzicielka [feminine] (Polish), соблазни́тельница (soblaznítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), обольсти́тельница (obolʹstítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), заводница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zavodnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-temptress-en-noun-mj6ifCNc Disambiguation of Female people: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'alluring woman who seduces or exploits men': 86 14 Disambiguation of 'An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men': 87 13
  2. A woman considered sexually attractive by men. Translations (A woman considered sexually attractive by men): svůdnice [feminine] (Czech), viettelijätär (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-temptress-en-noun-BJqZlW-k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'A woman considered sexually attractive by men': 11 89

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