"tjej" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /ɕɛj/
Rhymes: -ɛj Etymology: Attested since 1851. From Tavringer Romani tjej, from Romani ćhaj (“girl”), a feminine form of ćhavo (“boy”). Derived from the root found in the Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva), corresponding to Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”). Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|rmu|tjej}} Tavringer Romani tjej, {{der|sv|rom|ćhaj||girl}} Romani ćhaj (“girl”), {{m|rom|ćhavo||boy}} ćhavo (“boy”), {{der|sv|pra-sau|𑀙𑀸𑀯}} Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva), {{cog|pi|chāpa||the young of an animal}} Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} tjej c, {{sv-noun|c}} tjej c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tjej [indefinite, nominative, singular], tjejen [definite, nominative, singular], tjejer [indefinite, nominative, plural], tjejerna [definite, nominative, plural], tjejs [genitive, indefinite, singular], tjejens [definite, genitive, singular], tjejers [genitive, indefinite, plural], tjejernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial) girl, gal Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: flicka, tös, brud
    Sense id: en-tjej-sv-noun-6BHe8KMw
  2. (colloquial) A (usually younger) adult female person Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: kvinna, brud
    Sense id: en-tjej-sv-noun-uvnpn9DH
  3. (colloquial) girlfriend Tags: colloquial, common-gender Categories (topical): People Synonyms: flickvän, brud
    Sense id: en-tjej-sv-noun-6pKmEnvz Disambiguation of People: 42 0 58 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Tavringer Romani terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 46 Disambiguation of Tavringer Romani terms in nonstandard scripts: 9 12 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tjeja Derived forms: tjejbacill, tjejfest, tjejfotboll, tjejidrott, tjejig, tjejkast, tjejmiddag, tjejsnack, tjejtjusare, tjejtokig

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejbacill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejfest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejfotboll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejidrott"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejkast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejmiddag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejsnack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejtjusare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjejtokig"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
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            "3": "kei"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjei, kei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjei, kei"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "nn",
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    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "rom",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "pra-sau",
        "3": "𑀙𑀸𑀯"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "chāpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the young of an animal"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejerna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
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        "1": "c"
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Some girls from the local high school were browsing in the store.",
          "text": "Några tjejer från gymnasiet gick runt i affären.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "girl, gal"
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        [
          "gal",
          "gal"
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        "(colloquial) girl, gal"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "flicka"
        },
        {
          "word": "tös"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "It was only us gals in our 50s there.",
          "text": "Det var bara vi tjejer i 50-årsåldern där.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A (usually younger) adult female person"
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        "(colloquial) A (usually younger) adult female person"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kvinna"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Tavringer Romani terms in nonstandard scripts",
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            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
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          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Tomorrow my friends are going to meet my new girlfriend.",
          "text": "Imorgon ska mina kompisar få träffa min nya tjej.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girlfriend"
      ],
      "id": "en-tjej-sv-noun-6pKmEnvz",
      "links": [
        [
          "girlfriend",
          "girlfriend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) girlfriend"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "flickvän"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tjeja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tjej"
}
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    "Rhymes:Swedish/ɛj/1 syllable",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms borrowed from Tavringer Romani",
    "Swedish terms derived from Romani",
    "Swedish terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit",
    "Swedish terms derived from Tavringer Romani",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tavringer Romani terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "sv:People"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "tjejbacill"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejfest"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejfotboll"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejidrott"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejig"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejkast"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejmiddag"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejsnack"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejtjusare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjejtokig"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "kjei",
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        }
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "chāpa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the young of an animal"
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejerna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tjejens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tjejers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Some girls from the local high school were browsing in the store.",
          "text": "Några tjejer från gymnasiet gick runt i affären.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl, gal"
      ],
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        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "gal",
          "gal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) girl, gal"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "flicka"
        },
        {
          "word": "tös"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "It was only us gals in our 50s there.",
          "text": "Det var bara vi tjejer i 50-årsåldern där.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A (usually younger) adult female person"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A (usually younger) adult female person"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kvinna"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tomorrow my friends are going to meet my new girlfriend.",
          "text": "Imorgon ska mina kompisar få träffa min nya tjej.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girlfriend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girlfriend",
          "girlfriend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) girlfriend"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "flickvän"
        },
        {
          "word": "brud"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕɛj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tjeja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tjej"
}

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