she
noun/ʃi/, strong form /ʃiː/
/ʃi/, strong form /ʃiː/
- [singular] (informal) a female
- What a sweet little dog. Is it a he or a she?
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- she-(in compound nouns) a female animal
- a she-wolf
Word OriginMiddle English: probably a phonetic development of the Old English feminine personal pronoun hēo, hīe.
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