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wendy

Syllables: wen·dy/ˈwɛn.di/

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pin pen merger/ˈwɪndi/

wendy noun: a wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly.

Noun

wendy (plural wendies)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang, particularly northern UK) A wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly.
    • Toughen up, you big wendy.

Proper noun capitalized: Wendy

Wendy

  1. A female given name.
    • "What's your name?" he asked.
      "Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?"
      "Peter Pan."1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, chapter III, in Peter and Wendy, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →OCLC

wendy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

wendy in Hindi

वेंडी, वेन्डी

wendy in Tamil

வெண்டி, வென்டி, வென்ட்டி

wendy in Marathi

वेंडी, वेन्डी

wendy in Bengali

ওয়েন্ডি, ভেন্ডি, ওয়েণ্ডি
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wendy in Telugu
వెండీ
wendy in Malayalam
വെൻഡി, വെണ്ടി
wendy in Kannada
ವೆಂಡಿ, ವೆಂಡೀ
wendy in Punjabi
ਵੈਂਡੀ, ਵੇਂਡੀ
wendy in Gujarati
વેન્ડી, વેંડી
wendy in Odia
ୱେଣ୍ଡି, ୱେଣ୍ଡୀ

Forms of wendy

pluralwendies

Origin of wendy

Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904), though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel; therefore a doublet of Gwen. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).

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Words that rhyme with wendy

Questions about wendy

What does wendy mean?
Wendy means a wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly.
What is wendy in Hindi?
Wendy in Hindi is वेंडी, वेन्डी. See Wendy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is wendy?
Wendy can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wendy?
Wendy is pronounced /ˈwɛn.di/ (UK).
What is the plural of wendy?
The plural of wendy is wendies.

Words near wendy in the dictionary

  1. Wendsdays
  2. Wendt
  3. Wendtian
  4. Wendts
  5. wendwilsonite
  6. wendy
  7. Wendy house
  8. Wendy houses
  9. wene
  10. Wenecja
  11. Wenedyk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wendy (page history and authors); Wendy (page history and authors); wendy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wendy (Odia, 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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