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sorceress

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsɔː(ɹ)səɹəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman sorcerer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist

Narrower terms: Circe

History

Etymology

From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاحِرَة (sāḥira) — female wizard
  • Armenian: կախարդուհի (kaxarduhi) — female wizard
  • Armenian: վհուկ (vhuk) — female wizard
  • Belarusian: чараўні́ца (čarawníca) — female wizard
  • Bulgarian: чароде́йка (čarodéjka) — female wizard
  • Bulgarian: магьосница (magjosnica) — female wizard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巫婆 (wūpó) — female wizard
  • Cornish: pystriores — female wizard
  • Czech: čarodějka — female wizard
  • Czech: kouzelnice — female wizard
  • Danish: troldkvinde — female wizard
  • Dutch: tovenares — female wizard
  • Esperanto: sorĉistino — female wizard
  • Esperanto: magiistino — female wizard
  • Finnish: velhotar — female wizard
  • French: sorcière — female wizard
  • German: Zaubererin — female wizard
  • German: Zaubrerin — female wizard
  • German: Zauberin — female wizard
  • German: Magierin — female wizard
  • German: Hexenmeisterin — female wizard
  • Greek: μάγισσα (mágissa) — female wizard
  • Greek: στρίγγλα (stríngla) — female wizard
  • Greek: γητεύτρα (gitéftra) — female wizard
  • Greek: φαρμάκη (farmáki) — female wizard
  • Ancient Greek: μάγισσα (mágissa) — female wizard
  • Ancient Greek: φαρμακίς (pharmakís) — female wizard
  • Ancient Greek: ἀοιδή (aoidḗ) — female wizard
  • Ancient Greek: γόησσα (góēssa) — female wizard
  • Ancient Greek: γραῖα (graîa) — female wizard
  • Hindi: जादूगरनी (jādūgarnī) — female wizard
  • Hindi: डायन (ḍāyan) — female wizard
  • Hindi: भानमती (bhānamtī) — female wizard
  • Hindi: टोनहाई (ṭonhāī) — female wizard
  • Old Hindi: डाइनी (ḍāinī) — female wizard
  • Old Hindi: मायिनी (māyinī) — female wizard
  • Italian: strega — female wizard
  • Japanese: 魔女 (majo) — female wizard
  • Japanese: 女魔術師 (jomajutshi) — female wizard
  • Korean: 요정 (yojeong) — female wizard
  • Korean: 마녀 (manyeo) — female wizard
  • Latgalian: būrauka — female wizard
  • Latin: maga — female wizard
  • Latin: venefica — female wizard
  • Latin: strīga — female wizard
  • Latin: lamia — female wizard
  • Latin: fascinatrix — female wizard
  • Latin: fascinatoria — female wizard
  • Latin: fascinans — female wizard
  • Latvian: burve — female wizard
  • Macedonian: волшебничка (volšebnička) — female wizard
  • Māori: wahine mākutu — female wizard
  • Plautdietsch: Hakjs — female wizard
  • Polish: czarodziejka — female wizard
  • Polish: czarownica — female wizard
  • Polish: zamawiaczka — female wizard
  • Portuguese: feiticeira — female wizard
  • Portuguese: bruxa — female wizard
  • Russian: волше́бница (volšébnica) — female wizard
  • Russian: колду́нья (koldúnʹja) — female wizard
  • Russian: чароде́йка (čarodéjka) — female wizard
  • Russian: ве́дьма (védʹma) — female wizard
  • Sanskrit: डाकिनी (ḍākinī) — female wizard
  • Sanskrit: कृत्यका (kṛtyakā) — female wizard
  • Sanskrit: मायाविनी (māyāvinī) — female wizard
  • Sanskrit: यातुमती f. कुहकिनी (yātumatī) — female wizard
  • Scottish Gaelic: bana-bhuidseach — female wizard
  • Serbo-Croatian: чаробница — female wizard
  • Serbo-Croatian: волшебница — female wizard
  • Serbo-Croatian: čarobnica — female wizard
  • Serbo-Croatian: volšebnica — female wizard
  • Slovak: čarodejka — female wizard
  • Slovak: kúzelníčka — female wizard
  • Slovene: čarovnica — female wizard
  • Spanish: hechicera — female wizard
  • Spanish: bruja — female wizard
  • Ukrainian: чарівни́ця (čarivnýcja) — female wizard
  • Ukrainian: чароді́йка (čarodíjka) — female wizard
  • Ukrainian: чароді́йниця (čarodíjnycja) — female wizard
  • Volapük: jimagival — female wizard
  • Yiddish: מכשפֿה (makhsheyfe) — female wizard
  • Yiddish: מכשפֿטע (mekhashefte) — female wizard
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