Goddess

God′dess

,

Noun.

1.

A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.

When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of

goddesses

, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty.

Addison.

2.

A woman of superior charms or excellence.

Goddess

GOD'DESS

,

Noun.

A female deity; a heathen deity of the female sex.

When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty.

1.

In the language of love, a woman of superior charms or excellence.

Goddess

See also: goddess

English

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture

Proper noun

Goddess

The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
1. (Wicca) The Lady, the main deity in Wicca.

Translations

single goddess of monotheism

Catalan: Dea f, Deessa f
Danish: Gudinde f
Dutch: Godin (nl) f
Esperanto: Diino
French: Déesse f
German: Göttin (de) f, Gott (de) n
Greek: Θεά f ‎(Theá)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)}שכינה ‎(Sh'chinah) (Divine Presence)
Hungarian: Istennő (hu)
Italian: Dea f
Japanese: 女神 (ja)
Latin: Dea (la) f

Latvian: Dieviete f
Macedonian: Божица (mk) f ‎(Bóžica)
Norman: Déêsse
Portuguese: Deusa f
Romanian: Dumnezeiță f
Russian: боги́ня (ru) f ‎(bogínja)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)}Ban-dia f
Slovene: Boginja (sl)
Spanish: diosa (es)
Swedish: Gudinna f
Turkish: Tanrıça (tr)

single goddess of ditheism

Catalan: Dea f, Deessa f
French: Déesse f
German: die Göttin (de) f
Italian: Dea f

Latvian: Dieviete f
Macedonian: Божица (mk) f ‎(Bóžica)
Romanian: Dumnezeiță f
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)}Ban-dia f

Derived terms

oh my Goddess

goddess

See also: Goddess

English

Noun

goddess ‎(plural goddesses, masculine god)

(religion) A female deity.
(figuratively) A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
(figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence.

Derived terms

Hypernyms

deity, divinity, god
woman

Translations

female deity

Afrikaans: godin
Albanian: perëndeshë (sq) f
Arabic: إِلَاهَة f ‎(ʾilāha)
Armenian: աստվածուհի (hy) ‎(astvacuhi)
Asturian: diosa f
Azeri: ilahə
Belarusian: багіня f ‎(bahínja)
Bulgarian: богиня (bg) f ‎(bogínja)
Catalan: deessa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女神 (zh) ‎(nǚshén)
Crimean Tatar: mabude
Czech: bohyně (cs) f
Danish: gudinde (da) c
Dutch: godin (nl)
Esperanto: diino (eo)
Estonian: jumalanna
Finnish: jumalatar (fi)
French: déesse (fr) f
Galician: deusa (gl) f
Georgian: ქალღმერთი ‎(kalɣmerti)
German: Göttin (de) f
Greek: θεά (el) f ‎(theá)
Hawaiian: akua wahine
Hindi: देवी (hi) ‎(devī)
Hungarian: istennő (hu)
Icelandic: gyðja (is) f
Ido: deino (io)
Indonesian: Dewi (id)
Interlingua: dea
Irish: bandia m
Italian: diva (it) f, dea (it) f

Japanese: 女神 (ja) ‎(めがみ, megami)
Kazakh: әйел құдай ‎(äyel quday)
Khmer: ព្រះម៉ែ ‎(preah maeh), ទេវី (km) ‎(de vi)
Korean: 여신 (ko) ‎(yeosin) (女神 (ko))
Latin: dea (la) f
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Lithuanian: deivė f
Macedonian: божица f ‎(bóžica)
Malay: dewi
Norman: déêsse f (Jersey)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gudinne (no) m, f

Nynorsk: gudinne f
Occitan: dieusa f
Persian: الهه (fa) ‎(elâhe), ایزدبانو ‎(izadbânu)
Polish: bogini (pl) f
Portuguese: deusa (pt) f
Romanian: zeiță (ro) f
Russian: боги́ня (ru) f ‎(bogínja)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: богиња f, божица f

Latin: boginja (sh) f, božica (sh) f
Slovak: bohyňa (sk) f
Slovene: boginja (sl) f
Spanish: diosa (es) f
Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
Tagalog: bathaluman, diyosa
Turkish: tanrıça (tr) f, ilahe (tr) f
Ukrainian: богиня (uk) f ‎(bohýnja)
Vietnamese: nữ thần (女神)
Welsh: duwes f

adored or idealized woman

Arabic: مَعْبُودَة f ‎(maʿbūda)
Catalan: deessa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女神 (zh) ‎(nǚshén)
Czech: bohyně (cs) f
Dutch: schoonheid (nl)
Finnish: jumalatar (fi)
French: déesse (fr) f
Galician: deusa (gl) f
Greek: θεά (el) f ‎(theá)
Hungarian: istennő (hu)
Indonesian: Dewi (id)
Italian: diva (it) f, dea (it) f

Khmer: ទេពធីតា ‎(dep thi dar)
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Portuguese: deusa (pt) f
Russian: боги́ня (ru) f ‎(bogínja)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: богиња f

Latin: boginja (sh) f
Swedish: gudinna (sv) c
Turkish: tanrıça (tr)

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