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Definition: Lioness |
LionessNoun1. A female lion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lioness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Lioness \Li"on*ess\, noun. [Old French expression lionesse.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Woman | Hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lioness |
| English words defined with "lioness": beset ♦ Lionel ♦ set upon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lioness": Melicertes ♦ Oriana ♦ Rogero,. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Marcus Aurelius is a lioness. (Saturnin; writing credit: Zdenek Jirotka; Jirí Vercák) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lioness and Bugs (1921) | |
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 | Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting an incident at the close of the Battle of Memphis on 6 June 1862. The steamer shown may be Mingo or Lioness, the stern-wheel rams of Ellet's fleet. Credit: NAVY. |  | The lioness. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lioness. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Angry lioness" by Terry Eaton Commentary: "An angry lioness growls at another." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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 | Moan; lion; groan; lioness; lions; moaning. |
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| "Lioness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.96% of the time. "Lioness" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.96% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lioness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Chephirah | N/A | Biblical | A little lioness |
| Kithlish | N/A | Biblical | The company of a lioness |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lioness | 146 |
lion and lioness | 20 |
lioness picture | 16 |
club lioness | 13 |
lioness song | 7 |
born free lioness | 7 |
white lioness | 6 |
cub lioness | 6 |
famous lioness | 4 |
lioness tattoo | 3 |
elsa lioness | 3 |
dying lioness | 3 |
lioness rampant | 3 |
lioness picture white | 3 |
lioness machine | 3 |
lioness nescafe | 2 |
lion lioness mating | 2 |
lioness photo | 2 |
goddess lioness mother sekhmet | 2 |
cartoon lioness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lioness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | leeuwyfie. (various references) | |
Albanian | luaneshë. (various references) | |
Arabic | لبؤة, أنثي الأسد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лъвица. (various references) | |
Czech | lvice. (various references) | |
Dutch | leeuwin. (various references) | |
Finnish | leijona (lion), naarasleijona. (various references) | |
French | lionne. (various references) | |
German | Löwin (lionesses). (various references) | |
Greek | λέαινα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לביאה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nõstény oroszlán. (various references) | |
Italian | leonessa. (various references) | |
Korean | 암사자. (various references) | |
Manx | leion bwoirrin. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ionesslay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | leoa. (various references) | |
Romanian | leoaicã. (various references) | |
Romany | sinhanì. (various references) | |
Russian | львица. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lavica. (various references) | |
Spanish | leona. (various references) | |
Swedish | lejoninna. (various references) | |
Thai | สิงโตตัวเมีย. (various references) | |
Turkish | dişi aslan (tigress). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | левиця. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sư tử cái (tigress). (various references) | |
Welsh | llewes. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | nig. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lea, lea, leana, leaena, leaenae, leaenam, leaenis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lioness": lionesses. (additional references) | |
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"Lioness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lagness, leones, leonis, Lionis, lionises, livornese, Lyonesse, Lyonnesse, oilness, Ollionles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "lioness" (pronounced 'Li"on*ess'): Abbess, Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Abscess, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Accentless, Acceptableness, Access, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Actionless, Activeness, Actless, Actress, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adpress. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: insoles, lesions. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: eloins, enosis, eosins, essoin, insole, lesion, lesson, noesis, noises, oleins, ossein, sonsie. | |
-2 letters: eloin, enols, eosin, isles, lenis, lenos, liens, lines, linos, lions, loess, loins, loses, noels, noils, noise, noses, olein, silos, sines, sloes, soils, solei, soles, sones. | |
-3 letters: enol, eons, ions, isle, leis, leno, lens, less, lien, lies, line, lino, lins, lion. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: anisoles, elisions, elusions, epsilons, holiness, incloses, isolines, lewisson, lionises, loginess, oiliness. | |
+2 letters: bonspiels, collinses, colonises, delusions, eclosions, emulsions, evulsions, gasolines, godliness, holsteins, inclosers, insolates, insolents, isoclines, jolliness, lessoning, lewissons, licensors, lionesses, lionisers, loftiness, looniness, lousiness, lowliness, misenrols, moldiness, moleskins, noiseless, novelises, novelists, oilstones, pointless, seclusion, semolinas, sensorial, sessional, silicones, siloxanes, siltstone, simoleons, sinkholes, snowslide, solanines, solenoids, solidness, spinulose, spoilsmen. | |
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