lioness
/ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs/
lioness noun: a female lion (animal).
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Noun (1)
lioness (plural lionesses)
- A female lion (animal).
- Residents on the south-western outskirts of Berlin are being urged to stay indoors after overnight sightings of a “loose, dangerous animal”, suspected to be an escaped lioness.2023 July 20, Philip Oltermann, “Lioness believed to be on loose in Berlin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023
- Synonyms:
- queen of beasts
- A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).
- The stories were a tremendous success; she was one of the leading lionesses of London literary society.1877, The Contemporary Review, volume 29, page 1123
- The Middlesbrough Labour MP, Stuart Bell, a political and personal friend, said: "Mo was a lioness both in terms of the Labour party and politics nationally. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good...2005 August 19, James Sturcke, quoting Stuart Bell, “Mowlam a political ‘lioness’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2023
- A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week.
- When "lionesses" visiting Oxford for the gay doings of commemoration week spend a morning at Merton, they should look out for Antony Wood's mural tablet in the chapel, […]1871, John Cordy Jeaffreson, Annals of Oxford, page 305
- "Now, boys, keep your eyes open, there must be plenty of lionesses about;" and thus warned, the whole load, including the cornopean player, were on the look-out for lady visitors, profanely called lionesses, all the way up the street.1888, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, page 271
Noun (2) capitalized: Lioness
Lioness (plural Lionesses)
- A player for England women's national football team
lioness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lioness in Hindi
- female lion
- सिंहनी sĩhnī, शेरनी śernī
lioness in Tamil
- female lion
- பெண்சிங்கம் peṇciṅkam
lioness in Marathi
- female lion
- सिंहीण siuhīṇ
lioness in Urdu
- female lion
- شیرنی śernī
More languagesFewer languages
- lioness in Bengali
- সিংহী śiṅhi
- lioness in Telugu
- సివంగి sivaṅgi
- lioness in Malayalam
- ധീരവനിത, വിഖ്യാതയായ വനിത, പെൺസിംഹം
- lioness in Kannada
- ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ siṃhiṇi
- lioness in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ śernī, شیرنِی śernī
- lioness in Gujarati
- સિંહિયો sĩhiyo
- lioness in Sanskrit
- सिंहा siṃhā
- lioness in Nepali
- सिंहनी siṅhanī
- lioness in Pashto
- زمرۍ zmarëi
- lioness in Arabic
- لَبُؤَة labuʔa, لَبْوَة labwa
- lioness in Malay
- singa betina
- lioness in Indonesian
- singa betina
- lioness in Vietnamese
- sư tử cái
- lioness in Myanmar
- ခြင်္သေ့မ hkrangse.ma.
Examples of lioness in a sentence
- The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed.
- The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
- The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.
Synonyms of lioness
Forms of lioness
| plural | lionesses |
|---|---|
| plural | Lionesses |
Origin of lioness
From Middle English leonesse, lyonesse, from Old French leonesse, lionesse; equivalent to lion + -ess.
Words formed from lioness
Questions about lioness
- What does lioness mean?
- Lioness means a female lion (animal).
- What is lioness in Hindi?
- Lioness in Hindi is सिंहनी (sĩhnī), शेरनी (śernī). See Lioness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lioness?
- Lioness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lioness?
- Lioness is pronounced /ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs/.
- What is the plural of lioness?
- The plural of lioness is lionesses.
Words near lioness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lioness (page history and authors); Lioness (page history and authors); lioness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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