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See also:wǒmen,wǒmén,-women,Women,andwo/men

FromMiddle Englishwimmen, fromOld Englishwīfmenn(“women”), fromwīf(“female”) +menn(“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent towife +‎men. Spelling (witho) influenced by the singular; seewoman for more.

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈwɪm.ɪn/
- Audio(UK): (file)
- Rhymes:-ɪmɪn
(US, Canada)IPA^(key): /ˈwɪm.ɪn/,/ˈwɪm.ən/,/ˈwʊm.ən/
- Audio(Canada): (file)
- Rhymes:-ɪmɪn
(New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˈwʊm.ɘn/,/ˈwɘm.ɘn/
- Rhymes:-ʊmən
(Indic)IPA^(key): /wɪˈmɛn/,/wʊˈmɛn/
Hyphenation:wom‧en
Homophone:woman(some dialects, common in New Zealand and South Africa)

women

plural ofwoman
Threewomen went for a walk.
- For quotations using this term, seeCitations:women.
- 1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, inRailway Magazine, page207:
  Since the outbreak of warwomen have been recruited for many grades of railway work. The number ofwomen clerks has been increased greatly, andwomen are performing invaluable work as porters, motor drivers, carriage cleaners, and telephone operators, as well as in a variety of other capacities.