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she-ass

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A female donkey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: female ass, female donkey, jenny, jenny-ass

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English she asse; equivalent to she- + ass.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَتَان (ʔatān) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Arabic: حِمَارَة (ḥimāra) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Arabic: حمارة (ḥmāra) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Aramaic: אתנא — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Asturian: pollina — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Asturian: burra — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Bengali: গাধী (gadhi) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Bengali: গর্দভী (gordobhi) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Bulgarian: магари́ца (magaríca) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Catalan: burra — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Catalan: somera — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵖⵢⵓⵍⵜ (taɣyult) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Chinese: 騲驢 /𮪤驴 (cǎolǘ) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Czech: oslice — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Dutch: ezelin — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Finnish: aasintamma — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • French: ânesse — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • French: bourrique — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Georgian: ჭაკი ვირი (č̣aḳi viri) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Georgian: ფაშატი ვირი (pašaṭi viri) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • German: Eselin — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Greek: γαϊδούρα (gaïdoúra) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Hebrew: אתון — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Hindi: गधी (gadhī) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Italian: asina — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Italian: somara — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Kashmiri: خٔرِنؠ (khạrin') — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Kazakh: мәші (mäşı) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Central Kurdish: ماکەر (maker) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Northern Kurdish: maker — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Latin: asina — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Manx: assyl bwoirrin — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Manx: laair assyl — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Occitan: sauma — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Old English: esole — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Persian: مادهخر (mâde-xar) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Persian: ماچهخر (mâče-xar) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Polish: oślica — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Portuguese: burra — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Portuguese: asna — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Romanian: măgăriță — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Romanian: asină — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Russian: осли́ца (oslíca) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Spanish: burra — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Spanish: asna — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Swedish: åsnesto — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⵖⵢⵓⵍⵜ (taɣyult) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Ukrainian: осли́ха (oslýxa) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Ukrainian: осли́ця (oslýcja) — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Volapük: cuk — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Volapük: hicuk — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Volapük: jicuk — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Walloon: både — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Walloon: ågnesse — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Welsh: asen — female ass, female donkey, jenny
  • Zazaki: manker — female ass, female donkey, jenny