Meanings
plural little girls
- A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
My ... what a sweet little girl!
2000 May 31, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)1 more example
More than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age.
1904, Amanda Minnie Douglas, A Little Girl in Old ChicagoSynonyms: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle
- derogatoryA weak-willed or effeminate person.
Laurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once.
May 1 2000, TV.com - Holy Crap! Episode RecapSynonyms: mollusc, nose of wax, pushover
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
nounA weak-willed or effeminate person.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic طِفْلة
- طِفْلة (ṭifla)a female child
Bulgarian моми́ченце, дево́йче
- моми́ченце (momíčence)a female child
- дево́йче (devójče)a female child
Catalan noieta
- noietaa female child
Chinese Mandarin 小女孩, 女孩子
- 小女孩 (xiǎonǚhái)a female child
- 女孩子 (nǚháizi)a female child
- 小姑娘 (xiǎogūniang)a female child
Czech holčička
- holčičkaa female child
Dutch meisje
- meisjea female child
Finnish pikkutyttö
- pikkutyttöa female child
French fillette, jeune fille
- fillettea female child
- jeune fillea female child
- petitea female child
- petite fillea female child
- gaminea female child
German Mädchen, Mädelein
- Mädchena female child
- Mädeleina female child
- Mägdeleina female child
Greek κοριτσάκι
- κοριτσάκι (koritsáki)a female child
Hindi बच्ची
- बच्ची (baccī)a female child
Hungarian kislány
- kislánya female child
Irish cailín, cailíneog
- cailína female child
- cailíneoga female child
Italian bambina
- bambinaa female child
Japanese 女の子, 女児
- 女の子 (onna no ko)a female child
- 女児 (joji)a female child
Korean 소녀, 여자아이
- 소녀 (sonyeo)a female child
- 여자아이 (yeojaai)a female child
- 녀자아이 (nyeojaai)a female child
Norwegian Bokmål småjente, lita
- småjentea female child
- litaa female child
- liten jentea female child
- pikea female child
Polish dziewczynka, ciota
- dziewczynkaa female child
- ciotaa weak or effeminate person
Portuguese menininha, garotinha
- menininhaa female child
- garotinhaa female child
- miúdaa female child
Romanian fetiță
- fetițăa female child
Russian де́вочка, девчо́нка
- де́вочка (dévočka)a female child
- девчо́нка (devčónka)a female child
Scottish Gaelic caileag, nighneag
- caileaga female child
- nighneaga female child
Slovak dievčatko, dievča
- dievčatkoa female child
- dievčaa female child
Spanish niña, chica
- niñaa female child
- chicaa female child
- chiquitaa female child
- chiquitinaa female child
- nenaa female child
- nenazaa weak or effeminate person
Swedish flicka, flickebarn
- flickaa female child
- flickebarna female child
- tösa female child
- jäntaa female child
- tjeja female child
Turkish küçük kız
- küçük kıza female child
Ukrainian ді́вчинка, дівча́
- ді́вчинка (dívčynka)a female child
- дівча́ (divčá)a female child
- дівча́тко (divčátko)a female child
Vietnamese con gái
- con gáia female child
Welsh merchig, geneth
- merchiga female child
- genetha female child
- genethiga female child
Cite this entry
little girl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20girl
“little girl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20girl. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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