seductress

English

Etymology

From seductor ‎ -ess.

Noun

seductress (plural seductresses)

1. A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.

   The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.

2. A woman who seduces.

   Even though she didn't think of herself as a seductress, her effect on men showed she was one.

Synonyms

• (both): See Thesaurus:vamp

Translations

woman who seduces

• Arabic: غَاوِيَة f (ḡāwiya)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: съблазнителка f (sǎblaznitelka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勾引男人的女人 (gōuyǐn nánrén de nǚrén)

• Czech: svůdkyně (cs) f
• Danish: forførerske
• Dutch: verleidster (nl) f, vamp (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: viettelijätär
• French: séductrice (fr) f, vamp (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Verführerin (de) f
• Greek: ξελογιάστρα (el) (xelogiástra)
• Hebrew: פתיינית f (patyanít)
• Hindi: मोहनी (hi) (mohnī)
• Hungarian: csábító (hu)
• Italian: seduttrice (it) f
• Japanese: 男たらし (おとこたらし, otoko-tarashi), 誘惑する女 (yūwaku-suru onna)
• Latin: sēductrix f
• Macedonian: заводница f (zavodnica)
• Maori: wahine whakawai, kaiwhakawai tāne
• Polish: uwodzicielka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sedutora f
• Russian: соблазни́тельница (ru) f (soblaznítelʹnica), обольсти́тельница (ru) f (obolʹstítelʹnica), искусительница (ru) (iskusitelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: заводница f

  Roman: zavodnica (sh) f

• Spanish: seductora (es) f, seductriz f
• Swedish: förförerska (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can