enchantress

enchantress

English

Alternative forms

• enchauntress (obsolete)
• inchantress (obsolete)

Noun

enchantress (plural enchantresses, masculine enchanter)

1. An attractive woman skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
2. A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.

   She was the enchantress of men's hearts.

3. A femme fatale.

   His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin!

Synonyms

• (alluring witch): siren, sorceress
• (beautiful woman): See Thesaurus:beautiful woman
• (femme fatale): See Thesaurus:vamp

Translations

attractive woman skilled at using magic

Chinese: Mandarin: 女妖 (zh) (nǚyāo), 女巫 (zh) (nǚwū), 妖精 (zh) (yāojing) Dutch: tovenares (nl),heks (nl) Finnish: lumoojatar French: enchanteresse (fr) f German: Zauberin (de) f

Irish: bandraíodóir m, draíodóir mná m Italian: incantatrice f Japanese: 魔女 (ja) (まじょ, majo) Latin: lamia f Polish: czarodziejka (pl) f Russian: волше́бница (ru) f (volšébnica), колду́нья (ru) f (koldúnʹja), чароде́йка (ru) f (čarodéjka) Swedish: trollkvinna c

beautiful, charming and irresistible woman

Chinese: Mandarin: 妖精 (zh) (yāojing) Dutch: verleidster (nl), charmeuse (nl) Finnish: lumoojatar

German: bezaubernde Frau f Japanese: 魅惑的な女性 (みわくてきなじょせい, miwakutekina josei), 魅惑的な女 (みわくてきなおんな, miwakutekina onna) Russian: чаровни́ца (ru) f (čarovníca), обворожи́тельница (ru) f (obvorožítelʹnica), очаровательная (očarovatelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (očarovátelʹnaja žénščina) f, обворожительная (obvorožitelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (obvorožítelʹnaja žénščina) f

femme fatale

Swedish: tjuserska c