Meanings
nounwoman of few words (plural women of few words)
plural women of few words
- idiomaticA woman who either does not speak much or speaks only for a brief period of time.
Origin
By analogy with man of few words.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch geen vrouw van veel woorden
- geen vrouw van veel woordenwoman who doesn't speak much
Finnish vaitelias nainen
- vaitelias nainenwoman who doesn't speak much
French femme de peu de mots
- femme de peu de motswoman who doesn't speak much
German Schweigerin
- Schweigerinwoman who doesn't speak much
Hebrew לֹא אִשָּׁה דְּבָרִים
- לֹא אִשָּׁה דְּבָרִים (lo ishá dvarím)woman who doesn't speak much
Icelandic fámál kona
- fámál konawoman who doesn't speak much
Italian donna di poche parole
- donna di poche parolewoman who doesn't speak much
Portuguese mulher de poucas palavras
- mulher de poucas palavraswoman who doesn't speak much
Spanish mujer de pocas palabras, mujer parca en palabras
- mujer de pocas palabraswoman who doesn't speak much
- mujer parca en palabraswoman who doesn't speak much
Swedish kvinna av få ord
- kvinna av få ordwoman who doesn't speak much
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Chicago
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