womanhood

wom·an·hood  (wmn-hd)

n.

1. The state or time of being a woman.

2. The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women.

3. Women considered as a group: "The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood" (Mary McLeod Bethune).

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womanhood [ˈwʊmənˌhʊd]

n

1. the state or quality of being a woman or being womanly

2. women collectively

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Womanhood women collectively; women as a body, 1523; womenkind, 1357.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	womanhood - the state of being an adult woman muliebrity adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
	2.	womanhood - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda" fair sex, woman social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" womankind - women as distinguished from men
	3.	womanhood - the status of a woman berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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womanhood

noun

1. adulthood, maturity a young girl on the threshold of womanhood

2. women, womankind, womenfolk, the female sex, womenkind a fine example of modern womanhood

Translations

womanhood [ˈwʊmənhʊd] N

1. (= women in general) → mujeres fpl, sexo m femenino

2. (= age) → edad f adulta(de mujer)
to reach womanhood → llegar a la edad adulta(de mujer)

3. (= womanliness) → feminidad f

womanhood [ˈwʊmənhʊd] n

(= being a woman) → vie f de femme
Here she is on the threshold of womanhood → La voici, au seuil de sa vie de femme ...
a natural part of womanhood → une étape naturelle dans la vie d'une femme

(= women) → femmes fpl

womanhood [ˈwʊmənˌhʊd] n → femminilità
to reach womanhood → diventare donna