noun
Meaning 1
A female saint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
saintess
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History
Etymology
From Middle English seintesse. By surface analysis, saint + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 聖女 /圣女 — female saint
- Chinese Mandarin: 聖女 /圣女 (shèngnǚ) — female saint
- French: sainte — female saint
- German: Heilige — female saint
- Italian: santa — female saint
- Japanese: 聖女 (seijo) — female saint
- Nheengatu: santa — female saint
- Pannonian Rusyn: свята (svjata) — female saint
- Pannonian Rusyn: святителька (svjatitelʹka) — female saint
- Portuguese: santa — female saint
- Spanish: santa — female saint
- Turkish: azize — female saint
- Vietnamese: thánh nữ — female saint