girl

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /gəːl/, SAMPA: /g3:l/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /gərl/, SAMPA: /g3`l/
• (NZ) IPA ^(key): /ɡɵːl/ or [ɡʏw]

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Noun

Singular girl

Plural girls

Two teenage girls at highschool

A girl

1. (countable) A girl is a female child or teenager; someone who is not a woman yet.

   Many girls like to play with dolls.

   I have two children: a boy and a girl.

2. (countable) (informal) A female person of any age (even a woman).

   The girls are going out tonight, do you want to come?

   I really love that girl.

3. (countable) (informal) A female animal.

   My cat is a girl.

   She is a girl cat.