كيف تنطق "spinster"

word

ˈspɪnstɝ

SPIN-ster

spˈɪnstɐ

SPIN-stuh

التعريف

An old-fashioned or sometimes insulting term for a woman who has never married, especially when she is no longer young.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈspɪnstɝ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

spˈɪnstɐ

أمريكي

SPIN-ster

بريطاني

SPIN-stuh

Miss Green was called a spinster because she never married.

In old novels, the word spinster appears often.

People used to label unmarried women as spinsters.

She doesn't like the term spinster because it feels outdated and rude.