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goddess en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• gäd'ǐs (Received-Pronunciation)
• gŏd'ĕs (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɑdəs/ (General-American)
• /-ɛs/ (General-American)
• /-ɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɒdɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A female deity.
   • […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location. 2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248:
2. (figuratively) An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
   • The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month. 2014, Mary Castillo, Caridad Pineiro Scordato, Berta Platas, Friday Night Chicas: Sexy Stories from La Noche, page 216:
3. (figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence.

Forms

Deriveds

goddessly · hearth goddess · sex goddess · domestic goddess · triple goddess · sun goddess · goddesshood · demigoddess · goddessling · goddess-ship · supergoddess · goddessship · goddessy · worship the porcelain goddess · bitch goddess · green goddess · goddessless · goddesship · sea goddess · moon goddess · mother goddess · porcelain goddess · goddess-queen · goddex · personal goddess · solar goddess · Green Goddess · regal sea goddess · goddesslike

Hypernyms

deity (female deity) · divinity (female deity) · god (female deity) · woman (certain woman)

Relateds

heaven

Translations (146)

cy duwes (female deity) · nb gudinne (female deity) · nn gudinne (female deity) · eo diino (female deity) · sh bòginja (adored or idealized woman) · ast diosa (female deity) · fa الٰهه (female deity) · sv gudinna (adored or idealized woman) · ru боги́ня (adored or idealized woman) · sux 𒀭 (female deity) · my ဒေဝီ (female deity) · it dea (female deity) · cmn 女神 (female deity) · ru боги́ня (female deity) · bn দেবী (female deity) · nan-hbl 女神 (female deity) · km ទេពី (female deity) · fr déesse (adored or idealized woman) · vi thiên nữ (female deity) · kk әйел құдай (female deity) · gd ban-dia (adored or idealized woman) · ja 女神 (female deity) · non dís (female deity) · id dewi (adored or idealized woman) · lv dieve (adored or idealized woman) · fa ایزدبانو (female deity) · cmn 女神 (adored or idealized woman) · mk бо́жица (female deity) · fi jumalatar (female deity) · hy աստվածուհի (female deity) · nci cihuateteo (female deity) · ka ქალღმერთი (female deity) · hu istennő (female deity) · ug ئىلاھە (female deity) · sq perëndeshë (female deity) · he אֵלָה (female deity) · la dea (female deity) · uz maʻbuda (female deity) · ps الهه (female deity) · ca deessa (adored or idealized woman) · crh mabude (female deity) · sv gudinna (female deity) · tg олиҳа (female deity) · ro zeiță (female deity) · tl diyosa (female deity) · tr ilahe (female deity) · lv dieviete (adored or idealized woman) · az ilahə (female deity) · lv dieviete (female deity) · sk bohyňa (adored or idealized woman) · hi देवी (female deity) · ang gyden (female deity) · tr tanrıça (adored or idealized woman) · cu богꙑни (female deity) · af godin (female deity) · de Göttin (female deity) · vi nữ thần (female deity) · ka ქალღმერთი (adored or idealized woman) · haw akua wahine (female deity) · akk iltum (female deity) · pi devī (female deity) · mnw ဒေဝတဴကာလခဏ္ဏဳ (female deity) · kw duwes (female deity) · lo ເທວີ (female deity) · ms dewi (female deity) · cop ⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ (female deity) · hu istennő (adored or idealized woman) · sa देवी (female deity) · sh bòžica (female deity) · km ទេពធីតា (adored or idealized woman) · io deino (female deity) · tl bathaluman (female deity) · mni ꯗꯦꯕꯤ (female deity) · nrf déêsse (female deity) · ia dea (female deity) · lv dieve (female deity) · kmr îlahe (female deity) · pl bogini (adored or idealized woman) · mr देवी (female deity) · km ព្រះម៉ែ (female deity) · nn gydje (female deity) · de weibliche Gottheit (female deity) · it dea (adored or idealized woman) · sh бо̀гиња (adored or idealized woman) · pt deusa (adored or idealized woman) · la dīva (female deity) · cs bohyně (adored or idealized woman) · el θεά (adored or idealized woman) · nl godin (female deity) · bg боги́ня (female deity) · fi jumalatar (adored or idealized woman) · gd ban-dia (female deity) · th เทวี (female deity) · lo ສຸລາງ (female deity) · it diva (adored or idealized woman) · sa ग्ना (female deity) · oc dieusa (female deity) · lo ສຸຣາງ (female deity) · ar مَعْبُودَة (adored or idealized woman) · es diosa (female deity) · gl deusa (female deity) · de weiblicher Gott (female deity) · sl bogínja (female deity) · gl deusa (adored or idealized woman) · km ទេវី (female deity) · txb ñäkteñña (female deity) · is dís (female deity) · ko 여신 (female deity) · ga bandia (female deity) · sh бо̀жица (female deity) · sk bohyňa (female deity) · ar إِلَاهَة (female deity) · es dea (female deity) · grc θεή (female deity) · yue 女神 (female deity) · mk бо́жица (adored or idealized woman) · rsk богиня (female deity) · tt алиһә (female deity) · is gyðja (female deity) · tr tanrıça (female deity) · sl boginja (adored or idealized woman) · da gudinde (female deity) · nl schoonheid (adored or idealized woman) · et jumalanna (female deity) · sh бо̀гиња (female deity) · fr déesse (female deity) · tg илоҳа (female deity) · ar إِلٰهَة (female deity) · uz iloha (female deity) · uga 𐎛𐎍𐎚 (female deity) · mg andriamanibavy (female deity) · egy nTr-r:*t-B1 (female deity) · ca deessa (female deity) · sh bòginja (female deity) · lt deivė (female deity) · uk боги́ня (female deity) · ja 女神 (female deity) · cs bohyně (female deity) · be багі́ня (female deity) · el θεά (female deity) · id dewi (female deity) · pt deusa (female deity) · ur دیوی (female deity) · grc θεά (female deity) · ko 녀신 (female deity) · pl bogini (female deity)