Meaning of girl in English
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Idiom
girl | Intermediate English
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a female child or, more generally, a female of any age:
Two little girls showed us around the kindergarten.
The girls’ basketball team is undefeated.
Girl sometimes means daughter:
We have two girls, a six-year-old and an eight-year-old.
Note:
- Many adult women consider it offensive to be called girls by other people, esp. men, although this was common in the past, and they might still call themselves or their friends girls.
(Definition of girl from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of girl
She was just like your typical high school girl.
She was not referring to the treatment of girls by male students, however.
Us girls would try to mimic the recipes and it's just not the same.
Can't a girl have a sick day or two?
A young girl is not friends with a man!
Eight girls vied for the crown last month.
Moments later, one of his girls intercepts a deflected pass.
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Collocations with girl
girl
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Adolescent girls were also involved in fish-processing, helping adult women: they cleaned grills, packed fish, filled cans with different preservatives and so on.
A very attractive girl, she only has small part in the episode.
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One said she would give birth to a baby boy and the other said she would give birth to a baby girl.
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Translations of girl
in Chinese (Traditional)
（尤指學齡階段的）女孩，姑娘, 女兒, （尤指被視作團隊一員的）女職員，女工…
in Chinese (Simplified)
（尤指学龄阶段的）女孩，姑娘, 女儿, （尤指被视作团队一员的）女职员，女工…
in Spanish
niña, hija, chica…
in Portuguese
menina, garota, moça…
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女の子, 少女, 娘（むすめ）…
kız, kız (çocuğu), genç kadın…
fille [feminine], (jeune) fille [feminine], fille…
ஒரு பெண் குழந்தை அல்லது இளம் பெண், குறிப்பாக பள்ளியில் படித்துக்கொண்டு இருக்கும் ஒருவர், மகள்…
das Mädchen…
jente [masculine-feminine], jente, pike…
дівчинка, дівчина…
девочка, девушка…
అమ్మాయి/ స్త్రీ, అమ్మాయి…
মেয়ে, একটি ছোটো মেয়ে বা কিশোরী, বিশেষত এমন কেউ যে এখনও স্কুলে…
holčička, dívka…
anak perempuan, gadis…
เด็กผู้หญิง, หญิงสาว…
con gái, cô gái…
dziewczynka, dziewczyna…
bambina, ragazza, femmina…
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Idioms and phrases
- boy/girl band phrase
- head boy/girl phrase
- the Boy/Girl Scouts phrase
- the boy/girl next door idiom
- a big/great girl's blouse idiom
- there's a good boy/girl/dog! idiom
- the Girl Scouts , at the Guides phrase
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