saintess

English

Etymology

From Middle English seintesse. By surface analysis, saint +‎ -ess.

Noun

saintess (plural saintesses)

1. (rare) A female saint.

Translations

female saint

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖女 / 圣女 (sing³ neoi^5-2)

  Mandarin: 聖女 / 圣女 (zh) (shèngnǚ)

• French: sainte (fr) f
• German: Heilige (de) f
• Italian: santa (it) f
• Japanese: 聖女 (ja) (せいじょ, seijo)
• Portuguese: santa (pt)
• Spanish: santa (es) f
• Turkish: azize (tr)

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