noun

woman

WUU-muhn

noun

An adult female human.

"She grew from a shy girl into a confident woman."

Women collectively.

"The march was a powerful statement by woman and man alike."

How to Use Woman

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn adult human female.

Common mistake

Plural is "women" (pronounced differently from the singular), not "womans".

Common pairings

a young woman women's rights the women in her life

womaned past tense, womanned past tense, women plural, womans singular

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From Old English wīfmann, literally "female person" — a compound of wīf ("woman", the ancestor of "wife") and mann ("person").

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