chairwoman

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh2 Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English chairwoman From chair + -woman.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa) — female chairperson
• Belarusian: старшыня́ (staršynjá) — female chairperson
• Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — female chairperson
• Bulgarian: председа́телка (predsedátelka) — female chairperson
• Czech: předsedkyně — female chairperson
• Dutch: voorzitster — female chairperson
• Esperanto: prezidantino — female chairperson
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja — female chairperson
• French: secrétaire générale — female chairperson
• French: présidente — female chairperson
• German: Vorsitzende — female chairperson
• Hindi: अध्यक्षा (adhyakṣā) — female chairperson
• White Hmong: tswv rooj — female chairperson
• Irish: cathaoirleach — female chairperson
• Italian: presidentessa — female chairperson
• Italian: presidente — female chairperson
• Latvian: priekšsēdētāja — female chairperson
• Lithuanian: pirmininkė — female chairperson
• Macedonian: претседателка (pretsedatelka) — female chairperson
• Macedonian: претседавачка (pretsedavačka) — female chairperson
• Malay: pengerusi — female chairperson
• Malay: pengerusi wanita — female chairperson
• Polish: przewodnicząca — female chairperson
• Romanian: președintă — female chairperson
• Russian: председа́тельница (predsedátelʹnica) — female chairperson
• Russian: председа́тельша (predsedátelʹša) — female chairperson
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседница — female chairperson
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједница — female chairperson
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsednica — female chairperson
• Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednica — female chairperson
• Slovak: predsedníčka — female chairperson
• Slovene: predsedujoča — female chairperson
• Slovene: predsednica — female chairperson
• Spanish: presidenta — female chairperson
• Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — female chairperson
• Ukrainian: голови́ха (holovýxa) — female chairperson