žena

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛna]

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• Hyphenation: že‧na
• Rhymes: -ɛna

Inherited from Old Czech žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

žena f (relational adjective ženský, diminutive žínka or ženička or (dated) ženka)

1. woman

   Antonym: muž

2. wife

   Synonyms: manželka, choť

   Antonyms: manžel, muž

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

žena

1. masculine singular present transgressive of hnát

• “žena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “žena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “žena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʒɛna/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈʒɛna/

žena f

1. woman
2. wife

• Czech: žena

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “žena”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena. First attested in 1460.

žena f

1. woman (adult female human)
2. wife (female married partner)

• Pannonian Rusyn: жена (žena)
• Slovak: žena

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “žena”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

• IPA^(key): /ʒěna/

• Hyphenation: že‧na

žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, relational adjective žènskī, diminutive žènica)

1. woman
2. wife

• žèniti

• “žena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Serbo-Croatian žèna, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

• IPA^(key): /ʒěːnḁ/

žena f

1. woman

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒena]

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žena f (relational adjective ženský)

1. woman
2. wife

• “žena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ̀ːna/

žéna f

1. wife

• móž
• ženska
• žalik žena

• “žena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “žena”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references