Standard Lemma guide

womankind

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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noun

Meaning 1

Women, taken collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: petticoats, skirts, monstrous regiment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mankind

2

noun

Meaning 2

women as distinguished from men

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: people

History

Etymology

From Middle English wommankynde. By surface analysis, woman + -kind.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: grari — woman, taken collectively
  • Albanian: grani — woman, taken collectively
  • Bulgarian: жените (ženite) — woman, taken collectively
  • Esperanto: virinaro — woman, taken collectively
  • Estonian: naissugu — woman, taken collectively
  • Finnish: naissuku — woman, taken collectively
  • Finnish: akkaväki — woman, taken collectively
  • Finnish: hameväki — woman, taken collectively
  • Finnish: naisväki — woman, taken collectively
  • Finnish: vaimoväki — woman, taken collectively
  • French: femmes — woman, taken collectively
  • German: weibliches Geschlecht — woman, taken collectively
  • German: Frauenwelt — woman, taken collectively
  • German: Weiberleut — woman, taken collectively
  • Ingrian: naissuku — woman, taken collectively
  • Irish: bantracht — woman, taken collectively
  • Old English: wīfcynn — woman, taken collectively
  • Polish: kobiety — woman, taken collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: женскиње — woman, taken collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: ženskinje — woman, taken collectively
  • Swedish: kvinnosläkt — woman, taken collectively
  • Ukrainian: жіно́цтво (žinóctvo) — woman, taken collectively