sheila
/ˈʃiːlə/
sheila noun: a woman. Also the alternative form of shayla.
Noun
sheila (plural sheilas)
- A woman.
- ‘I didn’t like that sheila that tried to latch onto him, but.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 16
- He was a real gentleman and although he never asked any personal questions as to why ‘a couple of sheilas’ was hitch hiking to Perth, he said he was glad of the company.2009, Rosemary Van Den Berg, Clogs and Bare Feet, page 208
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sheila
Sheila
- A female given name from Irish, popular in the UK from the 1920s to the 1950s; variant forms Shelagh, Sheelagh, Sheilagh, Sheela, Sile.
- Were English girls not good enough for him that he must needs come up and take away Sheila Mackenzie, and keep her there in the South.1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule, Adamant Media Corporation, →ISBN, page 295
- What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, / And Sheila like a field of corn,1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sheila
Sheila
- Alternative form of Sheela.
Also used as
sheila is also the alternative form of shayla.
sheila meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sheila in Hindi
- शीला
sheila in Tamil
- ஷீலா
sheila in Marathi
- शीला
sheila in Urdu
- شیلا
More languagesFewer languages
- sheila in Bengali
- শীলা
- sheila in Telugu
- షీలా, శీలా
- sheila in Malayalam
- ഷീലാ
- sheila in Kannada
- ಶೀಲಾ
- sheila in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੀਲਾ
- sheila in Gujarati
- શીલા
- sheila in Odia
- ଶୀଲା
- sheila in Nepali
- शीला
Examples of sheila in a sentence
- Barry′s gone troppo and married that sheila he′s only known for two weeks.
- We'll get a couple of sheilas and I'll shout Woz out for dinner.
- Sheila told her that John said musicians were like sleep camels when it came to that.
Synonyms of sheila
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Antonyms
Forms of sheila
| plural | sheilas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shayla |
Origin of sheila
From Sheila (“female given name”).
Borrowed from Arabic شَيْلَاء (šaylāʔ).
Anglicized spelling of Irish Síle, equivalent to Cecilia. Doublet of Cecilia.
Words that rhyme with sheila
Questions about sheila
- What does sheila mean?
- Sheila means a woman.
- What is sheila in Hindi?
- Sheila in Hindi is शीला. See Sheila meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sheila?
- Sheila can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sheila?
- Sheila is pronounced /ˈʃiːlə/.
- What is the plural of sheila?
- The plural of sheila is sheilas.
Words near sheila in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheila (page history and authors); Sheila (page history and authors); sheila (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sheila (Nepali, 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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