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From Middle English sorceresse Anglo-Norman sorceresse
sorceress (plural sorceresses
A female sorcerer , especially one who is elegant ; compare witch 1837 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [ … ] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] →OCLC page 328 :The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.
female wizard
Arabic: سَاحِرَة f ( sāḥira )
Armenian: կախարդուհի (hy) ( kaxarduhi ) , վհուկ (hy) ( vhuk )
Belarusian: чараўні́ца f ( čaraŭníca )
Bulgarian: чароде́йка (bg) f ( čarodéjka ) , магьосница (bg) f ( magjosnica )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巫婆 (zh) ( wūpó )
Cornish: pystriores f
Czech: čarodějka f kouzelnice f
Danish: troldkvinde f
Dutch: tovenares (nl)
Esperanto: sorĉistino magiistino
Finnish: velhotar
French: sorcière (fr) f
German: Zaubererin f Zaubrerin (de) f Zauberin (de) f Magierin (de) f Hexenmeisterin f
Hindi: जादूगरनी f ( jādūgarnī ) , भानमती (hi) f ( bhānamtī ) , टोनहाई (hi) ( ṭonhāī )
Italian: strega (it) f
Japanese: 魔女 (ja) ( まじょ, majo ) , 女魔術師 ( じょまじゅつし, jomajutshi )
Korean: 요정 (ko) ( yojeong ) , 마녀 (ko) ( manyeo )
Latgalian: būrauka
Latin: maga f venefica f strīga f lamia f fascinatrix f fascinatoria f fascinans (la) f
Latvian: burve (lv)
Macedonian: волшебничка f ( volšebnička )
Maori: wahine mākutu
Plautdietsch: Hakjs f
Polish: czarodziejka (pl) f czarownica (pl) f zamawiaczka f
Portuguese: feiticeira (pt) f bruxa (pt) f
Russian: волше́бница (ru) f ( volšébnica ) , колду́нья (ru) f ( koldúnʹja ) , чароде́йка (ru) f ( čarodéjka ) , ве́дьма (ru) f ( védʹma ) ( witch )
Scottish Gaelic: bana-bhuidseach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чаробница f волшебница f
Roman: čarobnica (sh) f volšebnica f
Slovak: čarodejka f kúzelníčka f
Slovene: čarovnica (sl) f
Spanish: hechicera (es) f bruja (es) f
Ukrainian: чарівни́ця f ( čarivnýcja ) , чароді́йка f ( čarodíjka ) , чароді́йниця f ( čarodíjnycja )
Volapük: jimagival
Yiddish: מכשפֿה f ( makhsheyfe ) , מכשפֿטע f ( mekhashefte )
