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Etymology
Image:Ceres_statue.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ceres, the w:Roman empire|Roman goddess of agriculture]]
From Middle English < Old English, modelled on other masculine>feminine nouns, after the gender of the neuter word god was shifted to masculine by Christianity. See God for further etymology.
Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: g�d'�s
w:IPA|IPA: /�g�des/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /"gQdes/
Proper noun
Goddess
- The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
- The single female goddess of various ditheistic religions.
- An extremely attractive, flirtatious young woman.
Synonyms
Divine Mother (1)
Translations
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Danish: Gudinde f
Dutch: Godin f
Esperanto: Diino
French: Déesse f
German: Göttin f, Gott n
Greek: �εά (Theá) f
Hebrew: ש×�×�× ×� (Sh'chinah) (Divine Presence)
Italian: Dea f
Japanese: 女�
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Latin: Dea f
Latvian: Dieviete f
Nouormand: Déêsse
Portuguese: Deusa f
Romanian: t|ro|Dumnezeiţ�|f
Russian: богин� f
Scottish gaelic: ban-dia|Ban-dia f
Slovene: Boginja
Spanish: Diosa f
Swedish: Gudinna f
Turkish: Tanrıça
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trans-top|single goddess of ditheism
French: la Déesse f
German: die Göttin f
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Italian: Dea f
Latvian: Dieviete f
Romanian: t|ro|Dumnezeiţ�|f
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia|Ban-dia f
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Derived terms
Oh my Goddess
See also
God
atheism
divine
monotheism
polytheism
theism
Category:Paganism
Category:Religion
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