maiden

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmæɪdən/
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• Scotland: /ˈmedən/
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• Wales: /ˈmeidən/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪdən
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• CMU ARPABET: M EY1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en.

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: kinderloos — without offspring
• Bulgarian: девически (devičeski) — like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden
• Yiddish: מיידליש (meydlish) — like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden
• Finnish: neitsyt- — describing a first occurrence or event
• French: inaugural — describing a first occurrence or event
• Portuguese: primeiro — describing a first occurrence or event
• Portuguese: inaugural — describing a first occurrence or event
• Romanian: inaugural — describing a first occurrence or event
• Russian: пе́рвый (pérvyj) — describing a first occurrence or event
• Spanish: primerizo — describing a first occurrence or event
• Swedish: jungfru- — describing a first occurrence or event
• Albanian: re — unmarried young female
• Arabic: جَارِيَة (jāriya) — unmarried young female
• Arabic: فَتَاة (fatāh) — unmarried young female
• Armenian: օրիորդ (ōriord) — unmarried young female
• Belarusian: па́нна (pánna) — unmarried young female
• Belarusian: дзяўчы́на (dzjawčýna) — unmarried young female
• Belarusian: дзе́ва (dzjéva) — unmarried young female
• Central Bikol: daraga — unmarried young female
• Breton: merc'h — unmarried young female
• Breton: plac'h — unmarried young female
• Bulgarian: госпо́жица (gospóžica) — unmarried young female
• Bulgarian: дево́йка (devójka) — unmarried young female
• Bulgarian: деви́ца (devíca) — unmarried young female
• Bulgarian: момиче́ (momičé) — unmarried young female
• Bulgarian: мома́ (momá) — unmarried young female
• Chinese Mandarin: 少女 (shàonǚ) — unmarried young female
• Cornish: maghteth — unmarried young female
• Czech: panna — unmarried young female
• Czech: slečna — unmarried young female
• Czech: děvče — unmarried young female
• Old Czech: dievka — unmarried young female
• Danish: jomfru — unmarried young female
• Dutch: juffrouw — unmarried young female
• Dutch: maagd — unmarried young female
• Dutch: meisje — unmarried young female
• Dutch: jongedame — unmarried young female
• Dutch: vrijster — unmarried young female
• Esperanto: fraŭlino — unmarried young female
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀 class animate (farθana) — unmarried young female
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄 class animate (farθne) — unmarried young female
• Finnish: neiti — unmarried young female
• Finnish: neito — unmarried young female
• French: jeune fille — unmarried young female
• French: jeune femme — unmarried young female
• French: demoiselle — unmarried young female
• French: pucelle — unmarried young female
• Galician: doncela — unmarried young female
• Galician: moza — unmarried young female
• Georgian: ქალიშვილი (kališvili) — unmarried young female
• Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli) — unmarried young female
• German: Jungfrau — unmarried young female
• German: Mädchen — unmarried young female
• German: Maid — unmarried young female
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs) — unmarried young female
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍉 (mawilō) — unmarried young female
• Greek: κορίτσι (korítsi) — unmarried young female
• Greek: κοπέλα (kopéla) — unmarried young female
• Ancient Greek: κόρη (kórē) — unmarried young female
• Hebrew: עַלְמָה (almá) — unmarried young female
• Higaonon: laga — unmarried young female
• Hindi: युवती (yuvtī) — unmarried young female
• Hindi: लड़की (laṛkī) — unmarried young female
• Hindi: कुँवारी (kũvārī) — unmarried young female
• Hungarian: leány — unmarried young female
• Ido: damzelo — unmarried young female
• Indonesian: gadis — unmarried young female
• Irish: maighdean f ainnir — unmarried young female
• Irish: bruinneall — unmarried young female
• Irish: bé — unmarried young female
• Italian: pulzella — unmarried young female
• Italian: ragazza — unmarried young female
• Japanese: 処女 (shojo) — unmarried young female
• Japanese: 処子 少女 (shoshi) — unmarried young female
• Korean: 처녀 (cheonyeo) — unmarried young female
• Korean: 처자 (cheoja) — unmarried young female
• Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — unmarried young female
• Latin: virgō — unmarried young female
• Macedonian: де́војка (dévojka) — unmarried young female
• Macedonian: мо́минско (móminsko) — unmarried young female
• Malay: anak dara — unmarried young female
• Māori: kōhine — unmarried young female
• Navajo: chʼikę́ę́h — unmarried young female
• Norwegian Bokmål: jomfru — unmarried young female
• Old Occitan: donzella — unmarried young female
• Church Slavic: дѣва (děva) — unmarried young female
• Church Slavic: дѣвица (děvica) — unmarried young female
• Church Slavic: ⰴⱑⰲⰰ (děva) — unmarried young female
• Church Slavic: ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ (děvica) — unmarried young female
• Old East Slavic: дѣва (děva) — unmarried young female
• Old East Slavic: дѣвица (děvica) — unmarried young female
• Old East Slavic: дивица (divica) — unmarried young female
• Old English: mǣġþ — unmarried young female
• Old English: mǣġden — unmarried young female
• Old English: mǣġdenċild — unmarried young female
• Old Uyghur: 𐽲𐽶𐽴 (qyz) — unmarried young female
• Iranian Persian: دوشیزِهْ (dušizeh) — unmarried young female
• Polish: panna — unmarried young female
• Polish: dziewczyna — unmarried young female
• Portuguese: donzela — unmarried young female
• Portuguese: senhorita — unmarried young female
• Romanian: domnișoară — unmarried young female
• Romanian: fecioară — unmarried young female
• Russian: де́вушка (dévuška) — unmarried young female
• Russian: деви́ца (devíca) — unmarried young female
• Russian: де́ва (déva) — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: ainnir — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: rìbhinn — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: nighean — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: òigh — unmarried young female
• Scottish Gaelic: gruagach — unmarried young female
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐво̄јка — unmarried young female
• Serbo-Croatian: дјѐво̄јка — unmarried young female
• Serbo-Croatian: dèvōjka — unmarried young female
• Serbo-Croatian: djèvōjka — unmarried young female
• Slovak: panna — unmarried young female
• Slovak: deva — unmarried young female
• Slovak: dievča — unmarried young female
• Slovene: devica — unmarried young female
• Slovene: dekle — unmarried young female
• Spanish: doncella — unmarried young female
• Spanish: señorita — unmarried young female
• Swedish: jungfru — unmarried young female
• Tagalog: dalaga — unmarried young female
• Taos: kwə́lena — unmarried young female
• Tetum: feto-raan — unmarried young female
• Ukrainian: ді́ва (díva) — unmarried young female
• Ukrainian: дівчи́на (divčýna) — unmarried young female
• Ukrainian: па́нна (pánna) — unmarried young female
• Urdu: کُن٘واری (kũvārī) — unmarried young female
• Urdu: لَڑْکی (laṛkī) — unmarried young female
• Vietnamese: thiếu nữ — unmarried young female
• Welsh: merch — unmarried young female
• Welsh: rhiain — unmarried young female
• Welsh: morwyn — unmarried young female
• Welsh: geneth — unmarried young female
• Yiddish: מויד (moyd) — unmarried young female
• Yiddish: מיידל (meydl) — unmarried young female
• Afrikaans: maagd — female virgin
• Albanian: virgjëreshë — female virgin
• Arabic: بِكْر (bikr) — female virgin
• Arabic: عَذْرَاء (ʕaḏrāʔ) — female virgin
• Armenian: կույս (kuys) — female virgin
• Azerbaijani: bakirə — female virgin
• Belarusian: няві́нніца (njavínnica) — female virgin
• Belarusian: цэ́лка (célka) — female virgin
• Bulgarian: де́вственица (dévstvenica) — female virgin
• Bulgarian: деви́ца (devíca) — female virgin
• Chinese Mandarin: 處女 /处女 (chǔnǚ) — female virgin
• Chinese Mandarin: 處子 /处子 (chǔzǐ) — female virgin
• Ngazidja Comorian: mwana mwari — female virgin
• Cornish: maghteth — female virgin
• Czech: panna — female virgin
• Dutch: maagd — female virgin
• Estonian: neitsi — female virgin
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌍𐌀 class animate (farθana) — female virgin
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌍𐌄 class animate (farθne) — female virgin
• Finnish: neitsyt — female virgin
• Finnish: impi — female virgin
• French: vierge — female virgin
• French: pucelle — female virgin
• Galician: doncela — female virgin
• Galician: virxe — female virgin
• Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli) — female virgin
• Georgian: ქალიშვილი (kališvili) — female virgin
• Georgian: უმანკო (umanḳo) — female virgin
• Georgian: უბიწო (ubic̣o) — female virgin
• German: Jungfrau — female virgin
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs) — female virgin
• Greek: παρθένα (parthéna) — female virgin
• Ancient Greek: παρθένος (parthénos) — female virgin
• Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה (betulá) — female virgin
• Hindi: कुँआरी (kũārī) — female virgin
• Hindi: कुंवारी (kumvārī) — female virgin
• Hungarian: szűz — female virgin
• Indonesian: perawan — female virgin
• Irish: maighdean — female virgin
• Italian: nubile — female virgin
• Japanese: 処女 (shojo) — female virgin
• Japanese: 処子 (shoshi) — female virgin
• Korean: 처녀 (cheonyeo) — female virgin
• Korean: 처자 (cheoja) — female virgin
• Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — female virgin
• Latin: virgo — female virgin
• Latvian: jaunava — female virgin
• Lithuanian: mergelė — female virgin
• Macedonian: де́вица (dévica) — female virgin
• Navajo: chʼikę́ę́h — female virgin
• Dari: بَاکِرَه (bākira) — female virgin
• Iranian Persian: باکِرِه (bâkere) — female virgin
• Polish: dziewica — female virgin
• Portuguese: virgem — female virgin
• Russian: де́вственница (dévstvennica) — female virgin
• Russian: деви́ца (devíca) — female virgin
• Russian: це́лка (célka) — female virgin
• Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann — female virgin
• Scottish Gaelic: òigh — female virgin
• Scottish Gaelic: ainnir — female virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐвица — female virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: дјѐвица — female virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: dèvica — female virgin
• Serbo-Croatian: djèvica — female virgin
• Slovak: panna — female virgin
• Slovene: devica — female virgin
• Spanish: doncella — female virgin
• Swedish: jungfru — female virgin
• Swedish: oskuld — female virgin
• Thai: บริสุทธิ์ (bɔɔ-rí-sùt) — female virgin
• Turkish: bakire — female virgin
• Ukrainian: неза́ймана (nezájmana) — female virgin
• Ukrainian: ді́ва (díva) — female virgin
• Vietnamese: gái trinh — female virgin
• Vietnamese: trinh nữ — female virgin
• Yiddish: בתולה (bsule) — female virgin