Italian-English Dictionary

A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

(cards) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.

(chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

A female monarch.

A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

(LGBTQ) A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.

An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.

(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.

(opera) The principal female singer or the leading lady.

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

(Christianity, sometimes with definite article) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Catholic contexts.

Notre-Dame de Paris.

University of Notre Dame.

(card games) One of the 52 playing cards in a standard deck.

(card games) One of the 52 playing cards in a standard deck.

(Christianity, chiefly, _, Catholicism) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.

(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

(slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.

(pejorative, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

(US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated) A woman or girl.

(pejorative, slang) A promiscuous woman.