noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a woman salesperson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English sales Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English saleswoman From sales + -woman.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَيَّاعَة
(bayyāʕa)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Armenian:
վաճառուհի
(vačaṙuhi)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Belarusian:
прадаўшчы́ца
(pradawščýca)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Bulgarian:
продава́чка
(prodaváčka)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Czech:
prodavačka
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Finnish:
myyjä
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
French:
vendeuse
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
German:
Verkäuferin
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Greek:
πωλήτρια
(polítria)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Hungarian:
elárusítónő
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Hungarian:
eladónő
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Irish:
bean díolacháin
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Irish:
bean siopa
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Irish:
cailín siopa
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Italian:
venditora
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Khmer:
អាបណិកា
(ʼaapaʼnekaa)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Latvian:
pārdevēja
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Lithuanian:
pardavėja
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Macedonian:
продавачка
(prodavačka)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Polish:
sprzedawczyni
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Polish:
handlarka
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Polish:
akwizytorka
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Portuguese:
vendedora
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Romanian:
vânzătoare
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Russian:
продавщи́ца
(prodavščíca)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Scottish Gaelic:
bean-reic
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Serbo-Croatian:
продава̀чица
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Serbo-Croatian:
prodavàčica
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Slovak:
predavačka
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Slovene:
prodajalka
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Spanish:
vendedora
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Tagalog:
tindera
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Ukrainian:
продавщи́ця
(prodavščýcja)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Ukrainian:
продава́льниця
(prodaválʹnycja)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things
Yiddish:
פֿאַרקויפֿערין
(farkoyferin)
— woman whose occupation is to sell things