name
Meaning 1
The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
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Standard Lemma guide
goddess
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gŏd'ĕs
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/ˈɡɒdɛs/
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Received-Pronunciation: gŏd'ĕs
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Received-Pronunciation: gäd'ǐs
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdɛs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ɪs/
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General-American: /ˈɡɑdəs/
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General-American: /-ɛs/
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CMU ARPABET: G AA1 D AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
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name
Meaning 3
The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
The Lady, the main deity in Wicca.
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Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 4
A female deity.
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Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 5
An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 6
A woman of substantial authority or influence.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 7
a female deity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: deity, divinity, god, immortal
Narrower terms: earth-goddess, earth goddess
History
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English. See God for further etymology.
From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.
Across languages
Translations
180 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: Dea — single goddess of monotheism
- Catalan: Deessa — single goddess of monotheism
- Czech: Bohyně — single goddess of monotheism
- Danish: Gudinde — single goddess of monotheism
- Dutch: Godin — single goddess of monotheism
- Esperanto: Diino — single goddess of monotheism
- French: Déesse — single goddess of monotheism
- German: Göttin — single goddess of monotheism
- German: Gott — single goddess of monotheism
- Greek: Θεά (Theá) — single goddess of monotheism
- Hungarian: Istennő — single goddess of monotheism
- Italian: Dea — single goddess of monotheism
- Japanese: 女神 — single goddess of monotheism
- Latin: Dea — single goddess of monotheism
- Latvian: Dieviete — single goddess of monotheism
- Macedonian: Божица (Božica) — single goddess of monotheism
- Norman: Déêsse — single goddess of monotheism
- Polish: Bogini — single goddess of monotheism
- Portuguese: Deusa — single goddess of monotheism
- Romanian: Dumnezeiță — single goddess of monotheism
- Russian: боги́ня (bogínja) — single goddess of monotheism
- Slovene: Boginja — single goddess of monotheism
- Spanish: diosa — single goddess of monotheism
- Swedish: Gudinna — single goddess of monotheism
- Turkish: Tanrıça — single goddess of monotheism
- Catalan: Dea — single goddess of ditheism
- Catalan: Deessa — single goddess of ditheism
- French: Déesse — single goddess of ditheism
- German: die Göttin — single goddess of ditheism
- Italian: Dea — single goddess of ditheism
- Latvian: Dieviete — single goddess of ditheism
- Macedonian: Божица (Božica) — single goddess of ditheism
- Polish: Bogini — single goddess of ditheism
- Romanian: Dumnezeiță — single goddess of ditheism
- Afrikaans: godin — female deity
- Akkadian: iltum — female deity
- Albanian: perëndeshë — female deity
- Arabic: إِلَاهَة (ʔilāha) — female deity
- Arabic: إِلٰهَة (ʔilāha) — female deity
- Armenian: աստվածուհի (astvacuhi) — female deity
- Asturian: diosa — female deity
- Azerbaijani: ilahə — female deity
- Belarusian: багі́ня (bahínja) — female deity
- Bengali: দেবী (debi) — female deity
- Bulgarian: боги́ня (bogínja) — female deity
- Burmese: ဒေဝီ (dewi) — female deity
- Catalan: deessa — female deity
- Chinese Cantonese: 女神 (neoi5 san4) — female deity
- Chinese: 女神 (zh-min-nan) — female deity
- Chinese Mandarin: 女神 (nǚshén) — female deity
- Coptic: ⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ (ntōre) — female deity
- Cornish: duwes — female deity
- Crimean Tatar: mabude — female deity
- Czech: bohyně — female deity
- Danish: gudinde — female deity
- Dutch: godin — female deity
- Egyptian: nTr-r:*t-B1 (nṯrt) — female deity
- Esperanto: diino — female deity
- Estonian: jumalanna — female deity
- Finnish: jumalatar — female deity
- French: déesse — female deity
- Galician: deusa — female deity
- Georgian: ქალღმერთი (kalɣmerti) — female deity
- German: Göttin — female deity
- German: weibliche Gottheit — female deity
- German: weiblicher Gott — female deity
- Greek: θεά (theá) — female deity
- Ancient Greek: θεά (theá) — female deity
- Greek: θεή (theḗ) — female deity
- Hawaiian: akua wahine — female deity
- Hebrew: אֵלָה (elá) — female deity
- Hindi: देवी (devī) — female deity
- Hungarian: istennő — female deity
- Icelandic: gyðja — female deity
- Icelandic: dís — female deity
- Ido: deino — female deity
- Indonesian: dewi — female deity
- Interlingua: dea — female deity
- Irish: bandia — female deity
- Italian: dea — female deity
- Japanese: 女神 (megami) — female deity
- Japanese: 女神 (joshin) — female deity
- Kazakh: әйел құдай (äiel qūdai) — female deity
- Khmer: ព្រះម៉ែ (prĕəh mae) — female deity
- Khmer: ទេវី (teivii) — female deity
- Khmer: ទេពី (teipii) — female deity
- Korean: 여신 (yeosin) — female deity
- Korean: 녀신 (nyeosin) — female deity
- Northern Kurdish: îlahe — female deity
- Lao: ເທວີ (th) — female deity
- Lao: ສຸລາງ (su lāng) — female deity
- Lao: ສຸຣາງ (su rāng) — female deity
- Latin: dea — female deity
- Latin: dīva — female deity
- Latvian: dieviete — female deity
- Latvian: dieve — female deity
- Lithuanian: deivė — female deity
- Macedonian: бо́жица (bóžica) — female deity
- Malagasy: andriamanibavy — female deity
- Malay: dewi — female deity
- Manipuri: ꯗꯦꯕꯤ (debi) — female deity
- Marathi: देवी (devī) — female deity
- Mon: ဒေဝတဴကာလခဏ္ဏဳ — female deity
- Classical Nahuatl: cihuateteo — female deity
- Norman: déêsse — female deity
- Norwegian Bokmål: gudinne — female deity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gudinne — female deity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gydje — female deity
- Occitan: dieusa — female deity
- Church Slavic: богꙑни (bogyni) — female deity
- Old English: gyden — female deity
- Old Norse: dís — female deity
- Pali: devī — female deity
- Pannonian Rusyn: богиня (bohinja) — female deity
- Pashto: الهه (elāha) — female deity
- Persian: الٰهه (elâhe) — female deity
- Persian: ایزدبانو (izadbânu) — female deity
- Polish: bogini — female deity
- Portuguese: deusa — female deity
- Romanian: zeiță — female deity
- Russian: боги́ня (bogínja) — female deity
- Sanskrit: देवी (devī) — female deity
- Sanskrit: ग्ना (gnā́) — female deity
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia — female deity
- Serbo-Croatian: бо̀гиња — female deity
- Serbo-Croatian: бо̀жица — female deity
- Serbo-Croatian: bòginja — female deity
- Serbo-Croatian: bòžica — female deity
- Slovak: bohyňa — female deity
- Slovene: bogínja — female deity
- Spanish: dea — female deity
- Spanish: diosa — female deity
- Sumerian: 𒀭 (/diĝir, dingir; dimer, dimir/) — female deity
- Swedish: gudinna — female deity
- Tagalog: bathaluman — female deity
- Tagalog: diyosa — female deity
- Tajik: олиҳа (oliha) — female deity
- Tajik: илоҳа (iloha) — female deity
- Tatar: алиһә (alihä) — female deity
- Thai: เทวี (tee-wii) — female deity
- Tocharian B: ñäkteñña — female deity
- Turkish: tanrıça — female deity
- Turkish: ilahe — female deity
- Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎍𐎚 (ỉlt) — female deity
- Ukrainian: боги́ня (bohýnja) — female deity
- Urdu: دیوی (devī) — female deity
- Uyghur: ئىلاھە (ilahe) — female deity
- Uzbek: maʻbuda — female deity
- Uzbek: iloha — female deity
- Vietnamese: nữ thần — female deity
- Vietnamese: thiên nữ — female deity
- Welsh: duwes — female deity
- Arabic: مَعْبُودَة (maʕbūda) — adored or idealized woman
- Catalan: deessa — adored or idealized woman
- Chinese Mandarin: 女神 (nǚshén) — adored or idealized woman
- Czech: bohyně — adored or idealized woman
- Dutch: schoonheid — adored or idealized woman
- Finnish: jumalatar — adored or idealized woman
- French: déesse — adored or idealized woman
- Galician: deusa — adored or idealized woman
- Georgian: ქალღმერთი (kalɣmerti) — adored or idealized woman
- Greek: θεά (theá) — adored or idealized woman
- Hungarian: istennő — adored or idealized woman
- Indonesian: dewi — adored or idealized woman
- Italian: diva — adored or idealized woman
- Italian: dea — adored or idealized woman
- Khmer: ទេពធីតា (teep thiidaa) — adored or idealized woman
- Latvian: dieviete — adored or idealized woman
- Latvian: dieve — adored or idealized woman
- Macedonian: бо́жица (bóžica) — adored or idealized woman
- Polish: bogini — adored or idealized woman
- Portuguese: deusa — adored or idealized woman
- Russian: боги́ня (bogínja) — adored or idealized woman
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia — adored or idealized woman
- Serbo-Croatian: бо̀гиња — adored or idealized woman
- Serbo-Croatian: bòginja — adored or idealized woman
- Slovak: bohyňa — adored or idealized woman
- Slovene: boginja — adored or idealized woman
- Swedish: gudinna — adored or idealized woman
- Turkish: tanrıça — adored or idealized woman
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