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idolatress

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A female idolater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

a woman idolater

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English idolater Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English idolatress From idolater + -ess.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَثَنِيَّة (waṯaniyya) — female idolater
  • Armenian: կռապաշտ (kṙapašt) — female idolater
  • Azerbaijani: bütpərəst — female idolater
  • Belarusian: ідалапакло́нніца (idalapaklónnica) — female idolater
  • Bulgarian: идолопокло́нница (idolopoklónnica) — female idolater
  • Catalan: idòlatra — female idolater
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偶像崇拜者 (ǒuxiàng chóngbàizhě) — female idolater
  • Esperanto: idolano — female idolater
  • Finnish: epäjumalanpalvojatar — female idolater
  • French: idolâtre — female idolater
  • German: Götzendienerin — female idolater
  • German: Götzenanbeterin — female idolater
  • Greek: ειδωλολάτρισσα (eidololátrissa) — female idolater
  • Hungarian: bálványimádó — female idolater
  • Italian: idolatra — female idolater
  • Kazakh: пұтпарас (pūtparas) — female idolater
  • Kazakh: пұтқа табынушы (pūtqa tabynuşy) — female idolater
  • Kyrgyz: бутпарас (butparas) — female idolater
  • Middle English: ydolatrer — female idolater
  • Persian: بتپرست (bot-parast) — female idolater
  • Polish: bałwochwalczyni — female idolater
  • Russian: идолопокло́нница (idolopoklónnica) — female idolater
  • Spanish: idólatra — female idolater
  • Swedish: avgudadyrkare — female idolater
  • Tajik: бутпараст (butparast) — female idolater
  • Turkish: putperest — female idolater
  • Turkmen: butparaz — female idolater
  • Ukrainian: ідолопокло́нниця (idolopoklónnycja) — female idolater
  • Ukrainian: ідолові́рка (idolovírka) — female idolater
  • Uyghur: بۇتپەرەس (butperes) — female idolater
  • Uzbek: butparast — female idolater