old woman

English

old woman (plural old women)

(literally) An elderly woman.
(informal, derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
Stop being such an old woman and get on with it.
(informal, slang) One's wife.

elderly woman

Arabic: عَجُوز‎ f (ʿajūz)
Armenian: պառավ (hy) (paṙav)
Aromanian: moashi f, babã f, oamã f
Azerbaijani: qarı, nənə (az), yaşlı qadın, qoca arvad
Bashkir: әбей (äbey), инәй (inäy), ҡарсыҡ (qarsïq)
Belarusian: стара́я f (starája), ба́ба f (bába), стару́шка f (starúška)
Bulgarian: стари́ца (bg) f (staríca)
Burmese: အဘွားကြီး (my) (a.bhwa:kri:), အမယ်ကြီး (my) (a.mai-kri:), အဘွားအို (my) (a.bhwa:ui)
Chinese:
Dungan: лопәр (lopər), лопәзы (lopəzɨ)

Mandarin: 老婦人 (zh), 老妇人 (zh) (lǎofùrén), 老太太 (zh) (lǎotàitai), 老大媽 (zh), 老大妈 (zh) (lǎodàmā), (can be contemptuous) 老太婆 (zh) (lǎotàipó)
Czech: stařena (cs) f
Dutch: oude vrouw f, ouwe vrouw f
Estonian: vanaeit
Finnish: akka (fi)
French: vieille (fr) f, vieille dame f, vieille femme f
Galician: vella f
Georgian: მოხუცი (moxuci)
German: alte Frau f, Alte (de) f, (very old) Greisin (de) f
Greek: γριά (el) f (griá)
Ancient: γραῦς f (graûs)
Hindi: बुढ़िया f (buṛhiyā)
Indonesian: ibu tua
Irish: seanbhean f
Japanese: お婆さん (ja) (おばあさん, obāsan), ばばあ (babā), 老婆 (ja) (ろうば, rōba)
Khmer: អ្នកចាស់ (neak cah)
Korean: 노파 (ko) (nopa), 노부인 (nobu-in), 할머니 (ko) (halmeoni)
Kurdish:
Sorani: پیره‌ژن‎ (ku) (pirejin), پیرێژن‎ (poiréjin)

Latin: vetula (la) f, anus f
Latvian: vecene f
Ligurian: vêgia f
Macedonian: старица f (starica)
Mon: လ ဗြဴ (lɛ̀ˀ prɛ̀a)
Persian: پیرزن‎ (fa) (pir-e-zan)
Polish: staruszka (pl) f, (informal) baba (pl) f, (informal or obsolente) babcia (pl) f, starucha f (rude)
Portuguese: velha (pt) f, idosa (pt) f
Quechua: chakwas, paya (qu), cakwan
Romanian: babă (ro) f, bătrână (ro) f
Russian: стару́ха (ru) f (starúxa), стару́шка (ru) f (starúška), ста́рица (ru) f (stárica), ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), ба́ба (ru) f (bába), (unfriendly) ба́бка (ru) f (bábka), (elderly woman) пожила́я же́нщина f (požilája žénščina)
Scots: cailleach, auld wife
Scottish Gaelic: cailleach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: старица f

Roman: starica (sh) f
Slovak: starena (sk) f
Slovene: starka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: baba f
Spanish: vieja (es) f, anciana (es) f, viejita f, viejecita f, señora mayor f
Swedish: gumma (sv) c
Taos: łȉw’ȕ’úna
Telugu: వృద్ధురాలు (te) f (vr̥ddhurālu)
Ukrainian: стара́ f (stará), стару́ха f (starúxa), ба́ба (uk) f (bába), стару́шка f (starúška)
Vietnamese: bà lão, bà già

person who is always complaining

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