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How to pronounce woman
Say it like this: /ˈwʊmən/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does woman mean?
nounAn adult female human.
“the first woman president of Spain”
All female humans collectively; womankind.
“I am Woman, hear me roar / In numbers too big to ignore”
A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
“At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman.”
verbTo staff with female labor.
“Apparently the Sixty-ninth Street office of Bagby Answers, Inc., was being womaned for the day from other offices.”
To make effeminate or womanish.
“I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief / That the first face of neither on the start / Can woman me unto't.”
To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
“And think it no addition, nor my wish, / To have him see me woman'd.”
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