enchantress

English

Alternative forms

enchauntress (obsolete)
inchantress (obsolete)

Noun

enchantress (plural enchantresses, masculine enchanter)

An attractive woman skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.
She was the enchantress of men's hearts.
A femme fatale.
His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin!

Synonyms

(alluring witch): siren, sorceress
(beautiful woman): For semantic relationships of this sense, see beautiful woman in the Thesaurus.
(femme fatale): For semantic relationships of this sense, see vamp in the Thesaurus.

Translations

attractive woman skilled at using magic

Chinese:
Mandarin: 女妖 (zh) (nǚyāo), 女巫 (zh) (nǚwū), 妖精 (zh) (yāojing)
Dutch: tovenares (nl),heks (nl)
Finnish: lumoojatar
French: enchanteresse (fr) f
German: Zauberin (de) f

Irish: bandraíodóir m, draíodóir mná m
Italian: incantatrice f
Japanese: 魔女 (ja) (まじょ, majo)
Polish: czarodziejka (pl) f
Russian: волше́бница (ru) f (volšébnica), колду́нья (ru) f (koldúnʹja), чароде́йка (ru) f (čarodéjka)
Swedish: trollkvinna c

beautiful, charming and irresistible woman

Chinese:
Mandarin: 妖精 (zh) (yāojing)
Dutch: verleidster (nl), charmeuse (nl)
Finnish: lumoojatar

German: bezaubernde Frau f
Japanese: 魅惑的な女性 (みわくてきなじょせい, miwakutekina josei), 魅惑的な女 (みわくてきなおんな, miwakutekina onna)
Russian: чаровни́ца (ru) f (čarovníca), обворожи́тельница (ru) f (obvorožítelʹnica), очаровательная (očarovatelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (očarovátelʹnaja žénščina) f, обворожительная (obvorožitelʹnaja) же́нщина (žénščina) (obvorožítelʹnaja žénščina) f

femme fatale

Swedish: tjuserska c

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