Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unmarried woman.
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Origin
From bachelor + -ette. Displaced maid.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vrygesellin
- vrygesellinunmarried woman
Arabic عَزْبَاء
- عَزْبَاء (ʕazbāʔ)unmarried woman
Bulgarian мома, гарсоние́ра
- мома (moma)unmarried woman
- гарсоние́ра (garsoniéra)very small single room apartment
Dutch vrijgezellin, jonggezellin
- vrijgezellinunmarried woman
- jonggezellinunmarried woman
- singleunmarried woman
Esperanto fraŭlino
- fraŭlinounmarried woman
Finnish neiti, pikkuyksiö
- neitiunmarried woman
- pikkuyksiövery small single room apartment
French célibataire, demoiselle
- célibataireunmarried woman
- demoiselleunmarried woman
- chambre de bonnevery small single room apartment
- studiovery small single room apartment
German Single, Junggesellin
- Singleunmarried woman
- Junggesellinunmarried woman
- Fräuleinunmarried woman
Italian signorina, nubile
- signorinaunmarried woman
- nubileunmarried woman
Polish panna
- pannaunmarried woman
Portuguese solteira
- solteiraunmarried woman
Russian холостя́чка
- холостя́чка (xolostjáčka)unmarried woman
Slovak stará dievka
- stará dievkaunmarried woman
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bachelorette
Cite this entry
bachelorette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette
“bachelorette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bachelorette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette.
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