Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat
5
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
US
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| bulgaria | баба (bába) |
| espanja | solterona |
| hollanti | zwartepiet |
| italia | zitella, zitellona, donnetta |
| japani | オールドミス (ōrudomisu / ōrudo misu) |
| ranska | vieille fille |
| suomi | vanhapiika |
| tšekki | stará panna |
| venäjä | старая дева (staraja deva) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
- The Madagascar periwinkle.
- The common zinnia.
- An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
- (uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
- The unmatchable card in that game.
Esimerkit
- If she is looking for the perfect man before she marries, she'll be an old maid.
- Crawford asked Congress to double funding for the FDA's $200 million old-maid-elimination research project.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | old maids |
Luokat
(derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
A poem entitled "It won't be my fault if I die an Old Maid", containing the lines "Remember no thought to a girl is so dread / As the terrible one—She may die an Old Maid."
(uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
19th-century pack
(derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
Monument to Peg Woffington (1720–1760) in St Mary's church, Teddington which describes her marital status