Terms for women

upright|thumb|Portrait of a woman holding her young child, upright|thumb|Statue of a mother with children at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in [[Genoa]] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of gestational surrogacy.

thumb|A young girl in Laos

thumb|235x235px|''The Merchant's Wife'' (1918) by Boris Kustodiev

thumb|The symbol of the Roman goddess Venus (mythology)|Venus is used to represent the female sex in biology.

250px|thumb|A 1931 photograph of four generations of mothers and daughters thumb|250px|Pierre Mayer with his daughter Constance Mayer, painted by Constance Mayer A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state, condition or quality of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements. From biological perspective, a daughter is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being u

thumb|290px|right|Two lesbians holding a lesbian pride flag at the 2022 Fierté Montréal march thumb|upright=0.9|Symbol for LGBTQ symbols#Encoding|female homosexuality consisting of two intersecting [[female symbols]]

thumb|right|Two child sisters, the elder tending to the younger . thumb|The Game of Chess (1555) by Sofonisba Anguissola (It depicts her sisters Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess. The older woman is their maidservant.) thumb|The Artist's sister Danica Šantel by [[Henrika Šantel]] thumb|Three sisters from the Spencer family, .|211x211px A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes use

thumb|upright=1.4|An aunt and her Niece and nephew|niece in Tigray, [[Ethiopia]] thumb|Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (right) with her nephew Prince Pedro Augusto sitting on her lap. At left, Isabel's sister Princess Leopoldina holding her son Prince Augusto Leopoldo, c. 1868 An aunt is a female individual who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent(aunt-in-law). Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate terms include auntie or aunty.

thumb|254x254px|19th-century American bride (left), with the bridegroom (right).

woman assigned male at birth

A stepmother, stepmum or stepmom is a female non-biological parent married to one's preexisting parent. Children from her spouse's previous unions are known as her stepchildren. A stepmother-in-law is a stepmother of one's spouse.

thumb|American singer Mariah Carey is often described as an "ultimate diva" by the media for her musical ability as well as her demanding persona. Diva (, ), the Latin word for a goddess, has often been used as an honorific to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of diva is closely related to that of prima donna. Diva can also refer to a person, especially one in show business, with a reputation for being temperamental or demanding. The application of the term has broadened b

thumb|Young Housewife, oil painting on canvas by Alexey Tyranov, currently housed at the [[Russian Museum in St Petersburg, Russia (1840s)]] A housewife (also known as a homemaker or a stay-at-home mother/mom/mum) is a woman whose role is running or managing her family's home—housekeeping, which may include caring for her children; cleaning and maintaining the home; making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; partially or solely managing the family budget—and who is not employed ou

Khatun ( ) is a title of the female counterpart to a khan or a khagan.

A lady is a woman who behaves in a polite way. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the female counterpart of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men.

A girlfriend is a woman who is a friend, acquaintance or partner to the speaker, usually a female companion with whom one is platonically, romantically, or sexually involved. In a romantic context, this normally signifies a committed relationship where the individuals are not married. Other titles, for example "wife" usually signify that the individuals are legally married.

female monarch who rules a country in her own right

traditional Chinese radical woman (U+2F25)

third-person feminine singular personal pronoun

thumb|Archetypical appearance of a crone.Old Woman Seen from Behind,by Vincent van Gogh. In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obsolete. As a concept, 'The Crone' is also often associated with the Jungian archetype of the Wise Woman or, if accompanied by 'The Maiden' and 'The Mother', as a member of the Triple Goddess deity archetype. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.

term used in the British education system

A cuckquean is the wife of an adulterous husband (or partner for unmarried companions), and the gender-opposite of a cuckold. In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to females who are investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. Similar prying within a family is called wittoldry. The term is derived from Early Modern English dating back to 1562 and is composed of the terms cuck "someone whose partner is unfaithful" and quean ().

ancient Meitei folktale

ancient Meitei literary narrative work