The lioness finally gave chase to the gazelle.
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Lioness
//ˈlaɪ.ə.nɪs//
Synonyms for "lioness" (22 found)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 85 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- leeuin noun (female lion)
Albanian
1 entries- luaneshë noun (female lion)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λέαινᾰ noun (female lion)
Arabic
3 entries- اسدة noun (female lion)
- لَبُؤَة noun (female lion)
- لَبْوَة noun (female lion)
Aramaic
2 entries- אריותא noun (female lion)
- ܐܪܝܘܬܐ noun (female lion)
Arbëresh
1 entries- lefe noun (female lion)
Armenian
1 entries- էգ առյուծ noun (female lion)
Asturian
1 entries- lleona noun (female lion)
Belarusian
2 entries- льві́ца noun (female lion)
- ільві́ца noun (female lion)
Bengali
1 entries- সিংহী noun (female lion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лъви́ца noun (female lion)
Burmese
1 entries- ခြင်္သေ့မ noun (female lion)
Catalan
1 entries- lleona noun (female lion)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 母狮 noun (female lion)
- 母狮子 noun (female lion)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ noun (female lion)
Corsican
1 entries- lionessa noun (female lion)
Czech
1 entries- lvice noun (female lion)
Danish
2 entries- hunløve noun (female lion)
- løvinde noun (female lion)
Dutch
1 entries- leeuwin noun (female lion)
Egyptian
1 entries- U2:D4-t:E22 noun (female lion)
Esperanto
1 entries- leonino noun (female lion)
Finnish
1 entries- naarasleijona noun (female lion)
French
1 entries- lionne noun (female lion)
Galician
1 entries- leoa noun (female lion)
German
1 entries- Löwin noun (female lion)
Greek
2 entries- λέαινα noun (female lion)
- λιονταρίνα noun (female lion)
Gujarati
1 entries- સિંહિયો noun (female lion)
Hebrew
1 entries- לביאה noun (female lion)
Hindi
2 entries- शेरनी noun (female lion)
- सिंहनी noun (female lion)
Hungarian
3 entries- nőstény oroszlán noun (female lion)
- nőstényoroszlán noun (female lion)
- oroszlánhölgy noun (female lion)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Leevin noun (female lion)
Icelandic
1 entries- ljónynja noun (female lion)
Ido
1 entries- leonino noun (female lion)
Indonesian
1 entries- singa betina noun (female lion)
Interlingua
1 entries- leonessa noun (female lion)
Isoko
1 entries- ajalakpo noun (female lion)
Italian
1 entries- leonessa noun (female lion)
Japanese
2 entries- 母獅 noun (female lion)
- 雌ライオン noun (female lion)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸಿಂಹಿಣಿ noun (female lion)
Kazakh
1 entries- қаншыр noun (female lion)
Korean
1 entries- 암사자 noun (female lion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ургаачы арстан noun (female lion)
Latin
2 entries- lea noun (female lion)
- leaena noun (female lion)
Latvian
1 entries- lauvene noun (female lion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- liūtė noun (female lion)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- lawica noun (female lion)
- lawowka noun (female lion)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Léiwin noun (female lion)
Macedonian
1 entries- лавица noun (female lion)
Malay
1 entries- singa betina noun (female lion)
Maltese
1 entries- leoness noun (female lion)
Marathi
1 entries- सिंहीण noun (female lion)
Mongolian
2 entries- эрслэн noun (female lion)
- ᠡᠷᠰᠯᠡᠨ noun (female lion)
Neapolitan
1 entries- lionessa noun (female lion)
Nepali
1 entries- सिंहनी noun (female lion)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- løvinne noun (female lion)
- løvinne noun (famous person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- løvinne noun (female lion)
Pashto
1 entries- زمرۍ noun (female lion)
Polish
1 entries- lwica noun (female lion)
Portuguese
1 entries- leoa noun (female lion)
Punjabi
2 entries- شیرنِی noun (female lion)
- ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ noun (female lion)
Romanian
1 entries- leoaică noun (female lion)
Russian
1 entries- льви́ца noun (female lion)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सिंहा noun (female lion)
Saraiki
1 entries- شِینہݨِی noun (female lion)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ban-leòmhann noun (female lion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lavica noun (female lion)
- лавица noun (female lion)
Shona
1 entries- shumba hadzi noun (female lion)
Sicilian
1 entries- liuna noun (female lion)
Slovak
1 entries- levica noun (female lion)
Slovene
1 entries- levinja noun (female lion)
Spanish
1 entries- leona noun (female lion)
Sundanese
1 entries- singa bikang noun (female lion)
Swahili
1 entries- simba jike noun (female lion)
Swedish
2 entries- lejonhona noun (female lion)
- lejoninna noun (female lion)
Tamil
1 entries- பெண்சிங்கம் noun (female lion)
Telugu
1 entries- సివంగి noun (female lion)
Turkish
1 entries- dişi aslan noun (female lion)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎍𐎁𐎛𐎚 noun (female lion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- леви́ця noun (female lion)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- lawica noun (female lion)
Urdu
1 entries- شیرنی noun (female lion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sư tử cái noun (female lion)
Volapük
1 entries- jilein noun (female lion)
West-Frisian
1 entries- liuwinne noun (female lion)
Yiddish
1 entries- לייביכע noun (female lion)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I saw a lioness.
Source: tatoeba (6293823)
Not far away, screened by the forest, crouched Shiegra, the lioness, intent upon devouring the infant for her evening meal.
Source: tatoeba (7564642)
Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?
Source: tatoeba (7920493)
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