Goddess

See also: goddess

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English. See God for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gŏd'ĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdɛs/

Proper noun

Goddess

1. The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
2. The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
   1. (Wicca) The Lady, the main deity in Wicca.

Derived terms

• oh my Goddess

Translations

single goddess of monotheism

• Catalan: Dea f, Deessa f
• Czech: Bohyně f
• Danish: Gudinde f
• Dutch: Godin (nl) f
• Esperanto: Diino
• French: Déesse f
• German: Göttin (de) f, Gott (de) n
• Greek: Θεά (el) f (Theá)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שכינה (he) (Sh'chinah) (Divine Presence)
• Hungarian: Istennő (hu)
• Italian: Dea f
• Japanese: 女神 (ja)
• Latin: Dea (la) f
• Latvian: Dieviete f
• Macedonian: Божица (mk) f (Božica)
• Norman: Déêsse
• Portuguese: Deusa f
• Romanian: Dumnezeiță f
• Russian: боги́ня (ru) f (bogínja)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} Ban-dia f
• Slovene: Boginja (sl)
• Spanish: diosa (es)
• Swedish: Gudinna f
• Turkish: Tanrıça (tr)

single goddess of ditheism

• Catalan: Dea f, Deessa f
• French: Déesse f
• German: die Göttin (de) f
• Italian: Dea f
• Latvian: Dieviete f
• Macedonian: Божица (mk) f (Božica)
• Romanian: Dumnezeiță f
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} Ban-dia f

See also

• God
• monotheism
• polytheism