goddess

See also: Goddess

English

Etymology

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god +‎ -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: gŏd'ĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒd.ɛs/
(US) enPR: gäd'ǐs, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑd.ɪs/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: god‧dess

Noun

goddess (plural goddesses)

(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.

Hypernyms

deity, divinity, god
woman

Derived terms

Translations

female deity

Afrikaans: godin
Albanian: perëndeshë (sq) f
Arabic: إِلَاهَة‎ f (ʾilāha), إِلٰهَة‎ (ʾilāha)
Armenian: աստվածուհի (hy) (astvacuhi)
Asturian: diosa f
Azerbaijani: 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)
Ancient: θεά 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: 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, dīva (la) f
Latvian: dieviete f, dieve f
Lithuanian: deivė f
Macedonian: божица f (bóžica)
Malagasy: andriamanibavy
Malay: dewi
Norman: déêsse f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gudinne (no) m or 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)
Sanskrit: देवी (sa) f (devī)
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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} istennő (hu) f
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} gyðja (is) f
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dewi (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} dea (it) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} dea (la) f

Novial: ^{(please verify)} dea
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} zeiță (ro) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} bohyňa (sk) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} boginja (sl) f
Sumerian: ^{(please verify)} ilati