woman
要点女、女性[全体]
意味
- (成人した)女,女性,婦人
- 《冠詞をつけずに》女性[全体],女
- 《the womanhood》女らしさ,女性特有の感情(性格,言葉づかいなど)
- (主婦の代りに)家事をする女性,お手伝いさん;(女王に仕える)侍女,女官
- 《修飾語[句]を伴って》妻,恋人,愛人
例文
Once there lived an old woman on a small island.
昔、小さな島に老婆が住んでいました。
Enthusiasm and shyness are important in a woman.
女性には、ノリと恥じらいが大切なのよ。
A woman whose husband is dead is called a widow.
夫に死なれた女性は未亡人と呼ばれる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman, female”, whence English wife) + mann (“person, human being”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below. Cognate with Scots woman, weman (“woman”), Saterland Frisian Wieuwmoanske (“female person, female human, woman”). Similar construction can be found in West Frisian frommes (“woman, girl”) (from frou and minske, literally "woman human") and Afrikaans vroumens (“woman”, literally “woman-person”).