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ladies

/ˈleɪ.diz/

ladies noun: an initial hand consisting of a pair of queens. Also the plural of lady.

Noun (1)

ladies

  1. (slang, Texas hold 'em) An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.

Noun (2)

ladies (plural ladies)

  1. (UK, euphemistic) A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
    • Pardon me, I need to visit the ladies.
    Synonyms:
    bathroom

Noun (3) capitalized: Ladies

Ladies

  1. (plural) plural of Lady
  2. (Ireland, Japan, abbreviation, clipping, obsolete) Clipping of ladies' team, used in club names, as in [Club Name] Ladies.
    • Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies are the biggest women's football teams in England.
    Synonyms:
    Women

Also used as

ladies is also the plural of lady.

ladies is also the genitive of lady.

ladies meaning in Urdu and Telugu

ladies in Urdu

لیڈیز

ladies in Telugu

లేడీస్

Examples of ladies in a sentence

  • He has a lot of luck with the ladies. Perhaps it's because of his new motorbike.
  • Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. Follow me, ladies!
  • The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies.

All 40 example sentences with ladies

Synonyms of ladies

Forms of ladies

pluralladies

Plural of ladies: ladies

Origin of ladies

As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.

Words formed from ladies

Phrases with ladies

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Questions about ladies

What does ladies mean?
Ladies means an initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.
What is ladies in Urdu?
Ladies in Urdu is لیڈیز. See Ladies meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is ladies?
Ladies is a noun.
How do you pronounce ladies?
Ladies is pronounced /ˈleɪ.diz/.
What is the plural of ladies?
The plural of ladies is ladies.

Words near ladies in the dictionary

  1. Ladewig
  2. Ladewigs
  3. ladhood
  4. ladie
  5. ladied
  6. ladies
  7. ladies and gentlemen
  8. ladies and gents
  9. ladies and germs
  10. Ladies Bountiful
  11. ladies first

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ladies (page history and authors); Ladies (page history and authors); ladies (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ladies (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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