old woman

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Noun

old woman (countable and uncountable, plural old women)

(literally) An elderly woman.
(countable, informal, derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
Stop being such an old woman and get on with it.
(countable, informal, slang) One's wife.
(countable, informal, slang) One's mother.
(uncountable) The plant sea wormwood.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

old-womanish

Related terms

old lady
old man

Translations

elderly woman

Arabic: عَجُوز‎ f (ʿajūz)
Armenian: պառավ (hy) (paṙav)
Aromanian: moashi f, babã f, oamã f
Azerbaijani: qarı, nənə (az), yaşlı qadın, qoca arvad, ağbirçək (respectfully)
Bashkir: әбей (äbey), инәй (inäy), ҡарсыҡ (qarsıq)
Belarusian: стара́я f (starája), ба́ба f (bába), стару́шка f (starúška)
Bulgarian: стари́ца (bg) f (staríca)
Burmese: အဘွားကြီး (my) (a.bhwa:kri:), အမယ်ကြီး (my) (a.mai-kri:), အဘွားအို (my) (a.bhwa:ui)
Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ (agayvligei)
Chinese:
Dungan: лопәр (lopər), лопәзы (lopəzɨ)
Mandarin: 老婦人／老妇人 (zh), 老妇人 (zh) (lǎofùrén), 老太太 (zh) (lǎotàitai), 老大媽／老大妈 (zh), 老大妈 (zh) (lǎodàmā), (can be contemptuous) 老太婆 (zh) (lǎotàipó), 老婦／老妇 (zh) (lǎofù), 老嫗／老妪 (zh) (lǎoyù) (literary)
Czech: stařena (cs) f
Dutch: oude vrouw f, ouwe vrouw f
Estonian: vanaeit
Evenki: атыркан (atirkan)
Finnish: akka (fi)
French: vieille (fr) f, vieille dame f, vieille femme f
Galician: vella (gl) f
Georgian: მოხუცი (moxuci)
German: alte Frau f, Alte (de) f, (very old) Greisin (de) f, Seniorin (de) f
Greek: γριά (el) f (griá)
Ancient: γραῦς f (graûs)
Hindi: बुढ़िया f (buṛhiyā)
Hungarian: öregasszony (hu)
Indonesian: ibu tua
Ingrian: ämmä, ämmö, akka
Irish: seanbhean f
Japanese: お婆さん (ja) (おばあさん, obāsan), ばばあ (babā), 老婆 (ja) (ろうば, rōba)
Kazakh: кемпір (kempır)
Khmer: អ្នកចាស់ (nĕək cah)
Korean: 노파(老婆) (ko) (nopa), 로파(老婆) (ko) (ropa) (North Korea), 노부인(老婦人) (nobu'in), 로부인(老婦人) (robu'in) (North Korea), 할머니 (ko) (halmeoni)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پیرەژن‎ (pîrejn), پیرێژن‎ (pîrêjn)
Latin: vetula (la) f, anus (la) f
Latvian: vecene f
Ligurian: vêgia f
Macedonian: ста́рица f (stárica)
Malayalam: വൃദ്ധ (ml) f (vr̥ddha), വയോധിക (ml) f (vayōdhika)
Mon: လ ဗြဴ (lɛ̀ˀ prɛ̀a)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эмгэн (mn) (emgen)
Northern Ohlone: kétnéts
Ojibwe: mindimooyenh
Persian: پیرزن‎ (fa) (pir-e-zan)
Polish: staruszka (pl) f, (informal) baba (pl) f, (informal or obsolete) babcia (pl) f, starucha (pl) f (rude)
Portuguese: velha (pt) f, idosa (pt) f, anciã (pt) f
Quechua: chakwas, paya (qu), cakwan
Romanian: bătrână (ro) f, babă (ro) f (pejorative)
Russian: стару́ха (ru) f (starúxa), стару́шка (ru) f (starúška), ста́рица (ru) f (stárica), ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), ба́ба (ru) f (bába), (unfriendly) ба́бка (ru) f (bábka), (elderly woman) пожила́я же́нщина f (požilája žénščina)
Scots: cailleach, auld wife
Scottish Gaelic: cailleach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ста̏рица f
Roman: stȁrica (sh) f
Slovak: starena (sk) f
Slovene: starka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: baba f
Spanish: vieja (es) f, anciana (es) f, viejita f, viejecita f, señora mayor f
Swedish: gumma (sv) c
Taos: łȉw’ȕ’úna
Telugu: వృద్ధురాలు (te) f (vr̥ddhurālu)
Turkish: teyze (tr)
Ukrainian: стара́ f (stará), стару́ха f (starúxa), ба́ба (uk) f (bába), стару́шка f (starúška)
Vietnamese: bà lão, bà già

person who is always complaining

Afrikaans: ouvrou f
Dutch: oud wijf n
Finnish: ämmä (fi)
Portuguese: velha (pt) f, velho (pt) m
Spanish: bruja (es) f