noun
Meaning 1
A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jilt
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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/d͡ʒɪlt/
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rhymes with -ɪlt
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verb
Meaning 2
To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a woman who jilts a lover
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
verb
Meaning 4
cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- jilt a lover or a bride
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leave
History
Etymology
Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نابذة لحبيبها (nābiḏa liḥabībihā) — woman who jilts a lover
- Esperanto: forlasito — woman who jilts a lover
- Finnish: petollinen nainen — woman who jilts a lover
- Georgian: მატყუარა (maṭq̇uara) — woman who jilts a lover
- Georgian: მოღალატე (moɣalaṭe) — woman who jilts a lover
- Hungarian: szerelmesét elhagyó nő — woman who jilts a lover
- Russian: изме́нница (izménnica) — woman who jilts a lover
- Russian: обма́нщица (obmánščica) — woman who jilts a lover
- Arabic: نَبَذَ (nabaḏa) — to jilt
- Arabic: أَهْمَلَ (ʔahmala) — to jilt
- Chinese Mandarin: 拋棄 /抛弃 (pāoqì) — to jilt
- Chinese Mandarin: 甩 (shuǎi) — to jilt
- Czech: dát kopačky (komu) — to jilt
- Czech: pustit k vodě (koho) — to jilt
- Czech: nechat plavat (koho) — to jilt
- Czech: dát košem — to jilt
- Dutch: in de steek laten — to jilt
- Dutch: verlaten — to jilt
- Dutch: dumpen — to jilt
- Esperanto: forlasi — to jilt
- Finnish: pettää — to jilt
- French: plaquer — to jilt
- French: quitter — to jilt
- French: abandonner — to jilt
- German: den Laufpass geben — to jilt
- German: verlassen — to jilt
- German: fallen lassen — to jilt
- German: sitzen lassen — to jilt
- German: einen Korb geben — to jilt
- German: verladen — to jilt
- Hungarian: elhagy — to jilt
- Hungarian: otthagy — to jilt
- Hungarian: faképnél hagy — to jilt
- Italian: piantare — to jilt
- Italian: rompere — to jilt
- Italian: dare buca — to jilt
- Japanese: 振る (furu) — to jilt
- Japanese: ふる (furu) — to jilt
- Japanese: 振り捨てる (furisuteru) — to jilt
- Japanese: 捨てる (suteru) — to jilt
- Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to jilt
- Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to jilt
- Slovak: rozísť sa (s niekým) — to jilt
- Slovak: dať/dostať kopačky — to jilt
- Slovak: zahýbať — to jilt
- Spanish: dejar — to jilt
- Spanish: cortar — to jilt
- Spanish: plantar — to jilt
- Spanish: dar calabazas — to jilt
- Spanish: planchar — to jilt
- Swedish: dumpa — to jilt
- Unami: nëkala — to jilt
- Urdu: جھانسا دینا — to jilt