What does girl mean?
Definitions for girl
gɜrlgirl
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word girl.
Princeton's WordNet
girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fillenoun
a young woman
"a young lady of 18"
female child, girl, little girlnoun
a youthful female person
"the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
daughter, girlnoun
a female human offspring
"her daughter cared for her in her old age"
girlfriend, girl, lady friendnoun
a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
"his girlfriend kicked him out"
girlnoun
a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
"Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"
Wiktionary
girlnoun
A young female (in contrast to boy), usually a child or adolescent.
Amanda is a girl of 16.
girlnoun
Any woman, regardless of her age. See usage notes.
girlnoun
A female servant; a maid. See usage notes.
girlnoun
A boy with girl-like qualities, especially squeamishness.
Stop being such a girl and punch back.
girlnoun
A queen (the playing card.)
girlnoun
A term of endearment. See usage notes.
girlnoun
a girlfriend.
I'm going to meet my girl over there.
girlnoun
a daughter.
Your girl turned up on our doorstep.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GIRLnoun
A young woman, or female child.
Etymology: About the etymology of this word there is much question: Meric Casaubon, as is his custom, derives it from ϰόρη, of the same signification; John Minsheu from garrula, Latin, a prattler, or girella, Italian, a weathercock; Franciscus Junius thinks that it comes from herlodes, Welsh, from which, says he, harlot is very easily deduced. Stephen Skinner imagines that the Saxons, who used ceorl for a man, might likewise have ceorla for a woman, though no such word is now found. Dr. Hickes derives it most probably from the Islandick karlinna, a woman.
In those unfledg’d days was my wife a girl. William Shakespeare.
And let it not displease thee, good Bianca;
For I will love thee ne’er the less, my girl. William Shakespeare.A weather-beaten lover, but once known,
Is sport for every girl to practise on. John Donne.Tragedy should blush as much to stoop
To the low mimick follies of a farce,
As a grave matron would to dance with girls. Wentworth Dillon.A boy, like thee, would make a kingly line;
But oh, a girl, like her, must be divine! Dryden.
Wikipedia
Girl
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a woman. However, the term girl is also used for other meanings, including young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter, or girlfriend. In certain contexts, the usage of girl for a woman may be derogatory. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. Girl also appears in portmanteaus (compound words) like showgirl, cowgirl, and schoolgirl. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and the state may invest less in services for girls. Girls' upbringing ranges from being relatively the same as that of boys to complete sex segregation and completely different gender roles.
Webster Dictionary
Girlnoun
a young person of either sex; a child
Girlnoun
a female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden
Girlnoun
a female servant; a maidservant
Girlnoun
a roebuck two years old
Etymology: [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gr child.]
Wikidata
Girl
A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman. The word is also often used as a synonym for daughter.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Girl
gėrl, n. a female child: a young unmarried woman: a maid-servant.—n. Girl′hood, the state or time of being a girl.—adj. Girl′ish, of or like a girl.—adv. Girl′ishly—n. Girl′ishness. [Prob. from Old Low Ger. gör, a child, with dim. suffix -l.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GIRL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Girl is ranked #159712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Girl surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Girl.
45.5% or 46 total occurrences were White.
36.6% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
10.8% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.9% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #643
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Written Corpus Frequency: #553
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Nouns Frequency: #115
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of girl in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of girl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of girl in a Sentence
Political arguments are something that should be conducted by adults, boycotting a 13-year-old girl just to prove something is no better than not treating some kid in an Israeli hospital just because his father is a terrorist. Kids for me are out of the equation.
It should surprise no one that when some call the gay parade a parade of animals, that a 16-year-old girl is stabbed, those who incite against Israel's Arabs, should not be surprised that churches and mosques are torched and even a baby is burned in the dead of night.
It shows how interested people are actually finding the answer to this, and finding out who this little girl was.
Oh yeah, it's a concern, for sure, I wish we were doing a lot more, sometimes it just takes one image, like that little girl in Vietnam.
I turned them down but this girl then put her hand into my pocket and took my wallet. I managed to get the wallet back but the money was gone.
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- فتاةArabic
- dívkaCzech
- pigeDanish
- MädchenGerman
- κορίτσιGreek
- knabinoEsperanto
- chicaSpanish
- دخترPersian
- tyttoFinnish
- filleFrench
- cailínIrish
- लड़कीHindi
- lányHungarian
- աղջիկArmenian
- gadisIndonesian
- ragazzaItalian
- ילדהHebrew
- 女の子Japanese
- ಹುಡುಗಿKannada
- 소녀Korean
- puellaLatin
- meisjeDutch
- jenteNorwegian
- dziewczynaPolish
- meninaPortuguese
- fatăRomanian
- девушкаRussian
- flickaSwedish
- பெண்Tamil
- అమ్మాయిTelugu
- สาวThai
- kızTurkish
- дівчинаUkrainian
- لڑکیUrdu
- con gáiVietnamese
- מיידלYiddish
- 女孩Chinese
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