seductress

seductress

English

Etymology

seductor +‎ -ess

Noun

seductress (plural seductresses, masculine seductor)

1. A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.

   The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.

2. A woman who seduces.

   Even though she didn't think of herself as a seductress, her effect on men showed she was one.

Synonyms

• (both): See Thesaurus:vamp

Translations

woman who seduces

Arabic: غَاوِيَة‎ f (ḡāwiya) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 勾引男人的女人 (gōuyǐn nánrén de nǚrén) Czech: svůdkyně (cs) f Danish: forførerske Dutch: verleidster (nl) f, vamp (nl) f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: viettelijätär French: séductrice (fr) f, vamp (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Verführerin f Greek: ξελογιάστρα (el) (xelogiástra) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: csábító (hu) Italian: seduttrice (it) f Japanese: 男たらし (おとこたらし, otoko-tarashi), 誘惑する女 (yūwaku-suru onna) Macedonian: заводница f (zavódnica) Polish: uwodzicielka (pl) f Portuguese: sedutora f Russian: соблазни́тельница (ru) f (soblaznítelʹnica), обольсти́тельница (ru) f (obolʹstítelʹnica), искусительница (ru) (iskusitelʹnica) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: заводница f Roman: zavodnica (sh) f Spanish: seductora (es) f Swedish: förförerska Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can