Standard Lemma guide

spokeswoman

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.

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 female spokesperson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice

History

Etymology

From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + woman.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца (pradstawníca) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Belarusian: спі́керка (spíkjerka) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: представи́телка (predstavítelka) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: говори́телка (govorítelka) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女性發言人 /女性发言人 (nǚxìng fāyánrén) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Czech: zástupkyně — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Danish: talskvinde — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: woordvoerster — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: zegsvrouw — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Esperanto: proparolantino — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: edustaja — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: tiedottaja — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • French: porte-parole — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Sprecherin — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Wortführer — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Hungarian: szóvivőnő — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Italian: portavoce — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: претставничка (pretstavnička) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: говорничка (govornička) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: гласноговорничка (glasnogovornička) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: talskvinne — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Polish: rzeczniczka — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Romanian: purtătoare de cuvânt — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Russian: представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: портпаролка — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: гласногово̀рница — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: portparolka — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: glasnogovòrnica — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: hovorkyňa — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: zástupkyňa — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovene: predstavnica — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Swedish: taleskvinna — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Turkish: sözcü — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: ре́чниця (réčnycja) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: представни́ця (predstavnýcja) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: спі́керка (spíkerka) — woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people