noun
Meaning 1
A female villain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
villainess
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noun
Meaning 2
a woman villain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: villain, scoundrel
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English villain Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English villainess From villain + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: злоде́йка (zlodéjka) — female villain
- Chinese Mandarin: 惡女 /恶女 (ènǚ) — female villain
- French: méchante — female villain
- Japanese: 悪役令嬢 — female villain
- Japanese: 悪女 — female villain
- Japanese: 悪嬢 — female villain
- Marathi: खलनायिका (khalnāyikā) — female villain
- Russian: злоде́йка (zlodéjka) — female villain