woman

woman
woman [ˈwʊmən]
(plural women)
1. noun
femme f
• she's her own woman elle est son propre maître
• a woman of the world une femme du monde
• the woman must be mad (inf) cette femme doit être folle
• woman to woman entre femmes
• she belongs to a women's group elle est membre d'un groupe féministe
• women's page (Press) page des lectrices
• women's rights droits de la femme
• women's team équipe f féminine
2. adjective
• he's got a woman music teacher son professeur de musique est une femme
• woman friend amie f
• women often prefer women doctors les femmes préfèrent souvent les femmes médecins
3. compounds
► woman driver noun conductrice f
• women drivers are often maligned on dit souvent du mal des femmes au volant ► woman police constable noun (British) femme f agent de police
► women's liberation noun libération f de la femme
► Women's Liberation Movement, Women's Movement noun mouvement m de libération de la femme, MLF m
► women's refuge noun refuge m pour femmes battues
► women's studies plural noun (University) études fpl féministes
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['wʊmən] 1.
noun (pl women) femme f

the working woman — la femme active

a woman comes in to clean twice a week — une femme de ménage vient deux fois par semaine

she's her own woman — elle est maîtresse de sa vie

to talk about something woman to woman — parler de quelque chose entre femmes

for heaven's sake, woman! — mais enfin tu es idiote ou quoi?

the other woman — péj l'autre

2.
noun modifier

a woman Prime Minister — une femme premier ministre

women drivers — les femmes au volant

he has lots of women friends — il a beaucoup d'amies

women voters — électrices fpl

women writers — femmes fpl écrivains

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a woman's place is in the home — la place d'une femme est au foyer


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