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A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A woman who seduces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Even though she didn't think of herself as a seductress, her effect on men showed she was one.
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Antonyms: none provided
a woman who seduces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seducer
Etymology tree English seductor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seductress From seductor + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غَاوِيَة
(ḡāwiya)
— woman who seduces
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Bulgarian:
съблазнителка
(sǎblaznitelka)
— woman who seduces
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Chinese Mandarin:
勾引男人的女人
(gōuyǐn nánrén de nǚrén)
— woman who seduces
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Czech:
svůdkyně
— woman who seduces
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Danish:
forførerske
— woman who seduces
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Dutch:
verleidster
— woman who seduces
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Dutch:
vamp
— woman who seduces
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Finnish:
viettelijätär
— woman who seduces
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French:
séductrice
— woman who seduces
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French:
vamp
— woman who seduces
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German:
Verführerin
— woman who seduces
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Greek:
ξελογιάστρα
(xelogiástra)
— woman who seduces
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Hebrew:
פתיינית
(patyanít)
— woman who seduces
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Hindi:
मोहिनी
(mohinī)
— woman who seduces
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Hungarian:
csábító
— woman who seduces
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Italian:
seduttrice
— woman who seduces
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Japanese:
男たらし
(otoko-tarashi)
— woman who seduces
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Japanese:
誘惑する女
(yūwaku-suru onna)
— woman who seduces
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Latin:
sēductrix
— woman who seduces
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Macedonian:
заводница
(zavodnica)
— woman who seduces
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Māori:
wahine whakawai
— woman who seduces
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Māori:
kaiwhakawai tāne
— woman who seduces
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Polish:
uwodzicielka
— woman who seduces
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Portuguese:
sedutora
— woman who seduces
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Russian:
соблазни́тельница
(soblaznítelʹnica)
— woman who seduces
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Russian:
обольсти́тельница
(obolʹstítelʹnica)
— woman who seduces
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Russian:
искусительница
(iskusitelʹnica)
— woman who seduces
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Serbo-Croatian:
заводница
— woman who seduces
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Serbo-Croatian:
zavodnica
— woman who seduces
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Spanish:
seductora
— woman who seduces
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Spanish:
seductriz
— woman who seduces
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Swedish:
förförerska
— woman who seduces