noun
Meaning 1
An unmarried woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Examples
- Coordinate term: spinster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacheloress
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bachelorette
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/
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UK: /ˌbatʃələˈɹɛt/
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US: /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/
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US: /ˌbætʃələˈɹɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
noun
Meaning 2
A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a young unmarried woman who lives alone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bachelor girl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
History
Etymology
From bachelor + -ette. Displaced maid.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: vrygesellin — unmarried woman
- Arabic: عَزْبَاء (ʕazbāʔ) — unmarried woman
- Belarusian: халасця́чка (xalascjáčka) — unmarried woman
- Bulgarian: мома (moma) — unmarried woman
- Dutch: vrijgezellin — unmarried woman
- Dutch: jonggezellin — unmarried woman
- Dutch: single — unmarried woman
- Esperanto: fraŭlino — unmarried woman
- Finnish: neiti — unmarried woman
- French: célibataire — unmarried woman
- French: demoiselle — unmarried woman
- German: Single — unmarried woman
- German: Junggesellin — unmarried woman
- German: Fräulein — unmarried woman
- Italian: signorina — unmarried woman
- Italian: nubile — unmarried woman
- Macedonian: мома (moma) — unmarried woman
- Polish: panna — unmarried woman
- Portuguese: solteira — unmarried woman
- Russian: холостя́чка (xolostjáčka) — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: удавача — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: нeудавача — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: бећаруша — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: udavača — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: neudavača — unmarried woman
- Serbo-Croatian: bećaruša — unmarried woman
- Slovak: stará dievka — unmarried woman
- Tarifit: taneybut — unmarried woman
- Bulgarian: гарсоние́ра (garsoniéra) — very small single room apartment
- Finnish: pikkuyksiö — very small single room apartment
- French: chambre de bonne — very small single room apartment
- French: studio — very small single room apartment