noun
Meaning 1
A young woman (of noble birth).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
damsel
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdæm.zəl/
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General-American: /ˈdæm.zəl/
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General-American: [ˈdɛəm.zɫ̩]
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Australian: /ˈdæm.zəl/
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Australian: [ˈdɛːm.zɫ̩]
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CMU ARPABET: D AE1 M Z AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
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noun
Meaning 3
A young woman who is not married.
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noun
Meaning 4
An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
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noun
Meaning 5
A young, attractive woman.
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noun
Meaning 6
A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
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noun
Meaning 7
a young unmarried woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maid, maiden
History
Etymology
From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh2-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: (mladá) dáma — young woman of noble birth
- Czech: milostslečna — young woman of noble birth
- Finnish: neito — young woman of noble birth
- Galician: dama — young woman of noble birth
- Hungarian: hölgy — young woman of noble birth
- Hungarian: úrhölgy — young woman of noble birth
- Occitan: domaisèla — young woman of noble birth
- Occitan: donzèla — young woman of noble birth
- Polish: młoda dama — young woman of noble birth
- Portuguese: donzela — young woman of noble birth
- Russian: ба́рышня (báryšnja) — young woman of noble birth
- Russian: мадемуазе́ль (madɛmuazɛ́lʹ) — young woman of noble birth
- Russian: де́вушка (dévuška) — young woman of noble birth
- Russian: да́мочка (dámočka) — young woman of noble birth
- Spanish: damisela — young woman of noble birth
- Breton: plac'h — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Breton: merc'h — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Bulgarian: госпожица (gospožica) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Chinese Mandarin: 閨女 /闺女 (guīnü) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Czech: panna — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Danish: ungmo — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Finnish: neito — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Finnish: impi — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Finnish: immyt — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Finnish: neitsyt — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- French: demoiselle — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- French: jeune femme — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- French: jeune fille — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Galician: doncela — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- German: Mädchen — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- German: Jungfrau — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hebrew: עלמה (almah) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: lány — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: leány — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: leányka — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: leányzó — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: kisasszony — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: hajadon — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Hungarian: leányasszony — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Ido: damzelo — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Irish: cailín — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Irish: ainnir — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Irish: maighdean — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Plautdietsch: Mäakjen — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Polish: dziewica — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Portuguese: donzela — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Romanian: fecioară — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Romanian: fecior — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Russian: деви́ца (devíca) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Russian: де́вочка (dévočka) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Russian: де́вушка (dévuška) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Russian: де́вственница (dévstvennica) — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Scottish Gaelic: ainnir — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Scottish Gaelic: rìbhinn — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Scottish Gaelic: nighean — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Spanish: doncella — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Spanish: muchacha — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Spanish: damisela — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Swedish: ungmö — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Swedish: flicka — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Welsh: geneth — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Welsh: rhiain — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)
- Welsh: merch — girl, maiden (without sexual experience)