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lass

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /læs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æs
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal, gel, girl, girlie, girly, grill, hottie, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, poppet, pucelle, puss, quean, tart, wan, wench, woman child, baggage, bim, bitch, blone, broad, covess, dame, donna, feme, femme, femoid, frau, frow, gash, gentlelady, ginch, hen, ho, huwoman, lady, maness, mort, mulier, placket, pussy, queen, she, sheila, skirt, squaw, thot, tía, twist, vaginoid, wife, woman, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, wimmin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.

A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal, gel, girl, girlie, girly, grill, hottie, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, poppet, pucelle, puss, quean, tart, wan, wench, woman child, baggage, bim, bitch, blone, broad, covess, dame, donna, feme, femme, femoid, frau, frow, gash, gentlelady, ginch, hen, ho, huwoman, lady, maness, mort, mulier, placket, pussy, queen, she, sheila, skirt, squaw, thot, tía, twist, vaginoid, wife, woman, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, wimmin

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sweetheart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie, Wearside, especially

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee, chuck, cupcake, cutie, dag, darling, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, doll, doodlebug, dove, duck, ducky, dumpling, fam, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, hinny, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybunch, honeybug, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, jewel, jo, kidder, lambchop, lambkin, lass (archaic except UK, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, Wearside), informal or poetic), liefling, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, miting, moppet, mopsy, mouse, muffin, muss, old bean, old sport, pally, pet, petal, poppet, pug, pumpkin, pussums, pussy, sausage, schnookums, shug, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, squishy, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweets, sweetling, treasure, woobie

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, familiar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a girl or young woman who is unmarried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lassie, young girl, jeune fille

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille

Narrower terms: bobbysoxer, bobby-socker, Lolita

History

Etymology

From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صبية — girl — see also girl
  • Breton: merc'h — girl — see also girl
  • Breton: plac'h — girl — see also girl
  • Bulgarian: мома (moma) — girl — see also girl
  • Bulgarian: девойка (devojka) — girl — see also girl
  • Cebuano: dalaga — girl — see also girl
  • Czech: děvenka — girl — see also girl
  • Czech: děvče — girl — see also girl
  • Czech: dívka — girl — see also girl
  • Danish: tøs — girl — see also girl
  • Esperanto: junulino — girl — see also girl
  • Finnish: tyttö — girl — see also girl
  • French: fillette — girl — see also girl
  • French: jeune fille — girl — see also girl
  • German: Jungfrau — girl — see also girl
  • German: Mädchen — girl — see also girl
  • Ancient Greek: κοράσιον (korásion) — girl — see also girl
  • Hebrew: ילדה (yaldá) — girl — see also girl
  • Hungarian: leány — girl — see also girl
  • Hungarian: leányka — girl — see also girl
  • Irish: cailín — girl — see also girl
  • Irish: gearrchaile — girl — see also girl
  • Irish: maighdean — girl — see also girl
  • Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — girl — see also girl
  • Macedonian: девојче (devojče) — girl — see also girl
  • Macedonian: моме (mome) — girl — see also girl
  • Occitan: joventa — girl — see also girl
  • Occitan: tosa — girl — see also girl
  • Persian: لاکو (lâku) — girl — see also girl
  • Plautdietsch: Mäakjen — girl — see also girl
  • Plautdietsch: Mejal — girl — see also girl
  • Polish: dziewczyna — girl — see also girl
  • Portuguese: garota — girl — see also girl
  • Portuguese: menina — girl — see also girl
  • Portuguese: rapariga — girl — see also girl
  • Portuguese: senhorita — girl — see also girl
  • Russian: де́вочка (dévočka) — girl — see also girl
  • Scottish Gaelic: caileag — girl — see also girl
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighneag — girl — see also girl
  • Spanish: niña — girl — see also girl
  • Swedish: flicka — girl — see also girl
  • Swedish: jänta — girl — see also girl
  • Swedish: tös — girl — see also girl
  • Tagalog: ining — girl — see also girl
  • Tagalog: nene — girl — see also girl
  • Tagalog: neneng — girl — see also girl
  • Welsh: geneth — girl — see also girl
  • Welsh: merch — girl — see also girl
  • Finnish: neiti — young woman
  • French: demoiselle — young woman
  • French: fille — young woman
  • French: jeune femme — young woman
  • French: nana — young woman
  • Hebrew: עַלְמָה ('almá) — young woman
  • Hebrew: בַּחוּרָה (bakhurá) — young woman
  • Hebrew: בַּת (bat) — young woman
  • Hebrew: נַעֲרָה (na'ará) — young woman
  • Polish: dziewczyna — young woman
  • Russian: де́вушка (dévuška) — young woman
  • Scottish Gaelic: gruagach — young woman
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean — young woman
  • Scottish Gaelic: rìbhinn — young woman
  • Spanish: chica — young woman
  • Spanish: chiquita — young woman
  • Spanish: muchacha — young woman
  • Spanish: señorita — young woman
  • Swedish: flicka — young woman
  • Swedish: jänta — young woman
  • Swedish: tös — young woman
  • Welsh: merch — young woman
  • Welsh: rhiain — young woman
  • Finnish: neiti — term of address for a woman, or a female animal
  • Polish: laska — term of address for a woman, or a female animal