bachelorette

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UK/ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/UK/ˌbatʃələˈɹɛt/US/ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/US/ˌbætʃələˈɹɛt/

noun

An unmarried woman.

“Coordinate term: spinster”

Similar
bacheloressbachelor girl
Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounbachelorette (plural bachelorettes)

plural bachelorettes

  1. CanadaUSAn unmarried woman.

    Coordinate term: spinster

    Synonyms: bacheloress

  2. CanadaA very small bachelor (single room) apartment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unmarried woman.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna young unmarried woman who lives alone

Similar
bachelor girl
Broader
womanadult female

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

bachelorette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette

MLA

“bachelorette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bachelorette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorette.

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