| Like many adjectives ending in -a, in Spanish: Abbr. |
New York Times Midi |
11 Apr 2026 |
| Opposite of masc. |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2026 |
| Gender abbr. |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Like wds. after "la," in La Paz |
The Washington Post Mini |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Like some nouns: Abbr. |
New York Times |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Like the word "tortilla," but not "tomatillo" (abbr.) |
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| Certain gender (abbr.) |
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| Opposite of masc. |
Universal |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Gender abbr. |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Like "France" in French: Abbr. |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Womanlike (abbr) (3) |
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| Like Sp. words after "la" |
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| Feminine abbreviation |
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| Gender abbr. |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Counterpart of masc. |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Opposite of masc. |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Feminist, for short |
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| Like the Fr. 'la' and Ger. 'die' |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Not masc |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Member of many an LGBT couple |
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| Masc. opposite |
Premier Sunday |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Not masc. or neut |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Like the yin side: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Like the yin side: Abbr |
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| Counterpart of masc |
Premier Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Like the Fr. “terre” or Ger. “Erde” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr. |
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| Not masc. or neut |
USA Today |
14 May 2019 |
| Like the Fr. 'la' |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2019 |
| Not masc. or neut |
Universal |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Like the Fr. "la" |
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| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Like La Niña, e.g.: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Like La Niña, e.g.: Abbr |
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| Like -trix, at times: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Like -trix, at times: Abbr |
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| Gender abbr |
Newsday |
06 May 2018 |
| Fr. pronoun designation |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2018 |
| Like -trix, at times: Abbr. |
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| Like La Niña, e.g.: Abbr. |
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| Not masc |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Like ''la,'' to 56 Down: Abbr |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Like the yin side: Abbr |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2017 |
| Not masc |
Universal |
29 Jan 2017 |
| Like the yin side: Abbr. |
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| Like 'alumna': Abbr |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Masc. counterpart |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Opposite of masc |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Not masc |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2016 |
| What -ess may denote: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Masc. alternative |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Like "alumna": Abbr. |
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| Opposite of masc |
Premier Sunday |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Like Fr. words after 'la' |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Like bodegas, to Span. speakers |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2015 |
| Like "las" in Sp |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2015 |
| Like bodegas, to Span. speakers |
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| Like "las" in Sp. |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Like Fr. words after "la" |
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| Masc. opposite |
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| Not masc. |
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| Like "la" in Fr. |
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| Like the Ger. "die" |
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| Like an executrix: Abbr. |
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| Neither masc. nor neut. |
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| Opp. of masc. |
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| Like women: Abbr. |
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| Woman, in slang |
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| Not masc. |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Gender abbr. |
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| Gender abbr. |
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| Counterpart of masc. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Like "la" in Fr. or Sp. |
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| Like "la" in Fr. or Sp. |
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| Neither masc. nor neut. |
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| Like some Fr. nouns |
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| Neither masc. nor neut. |
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| Neither masc. nor neut. |
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| Like some Sp. nouns |
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| Like waitresses: Abbr. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Like waitresses: Abbr. |
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| Neither masc. nor neut. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Masc. opposite |
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| Masc. alternative |
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| Like some Fr. or Sp. words |
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| Like an executrix: Abbr. |
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| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Woman, in slang |
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| Like wds. after "la," in La Mancha |
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| Like la mer: Abbr. |
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| Like about half the world's pop. |
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| Gender abbr. |
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| Like Span. words preceded by "la" |
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| Not masc. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Not masc. |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Like the Spanish armada: Abbr. |
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| Label in a foreign-language dict. |
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| Like most Spanish nouns that end in "a": Abbr. |
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| Opposite of masc. |
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| Like "die" or "la": abbr. |
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| Like the Span. armada? |
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| Not masc. |
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| Masc. complement |
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| Pronoun category (abbr.) |
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| Pron. type |
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| A gender: abbr. |
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| Gram. designation |
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| Woman for short |
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| Gender abbr. |
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| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Like words after la: Abbr. |
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| Gender: Abbr. |
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| A gender: Abbr. |
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| Masc. opposite |
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| Opp. of masculine |
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| Not masc. or neut. |
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| Masc.'s opposite |
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| Kind of rhyme: Abbr. |
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| Type of noun: Abbr. |
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| Abbreviation in grammar |
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| Of the fair sex: Abbr. |
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| Not many. |
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| Woman, for short |
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| Like music and songs in French: Abbr. |
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| Like all whales in the French language (no, really): Abbr. |
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| Kind of pronoun: Abbr. |
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