mistress

Etymology
From, from (whence 🇨🇬), feminine of. .

Noun

 * 1) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
 * male equivalent: master
 * 1) A female teacher
 * male equivalent: master
 * 1) The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
 * 2) A dominatrix
 * male equivalent: master
 * 1) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
 * 2) a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
 * 3)  A married woman; a wife
 * 4)  The jack in the game of bowls
 * 5) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
 * 1) A dominatrix
 * male equivalent: master
 * 1) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
 * 2) a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
 * 3)  A married woman; a wife
 * 4)  The jack in the game of bowls
 * 5) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
 * 1)  A married woman; a wife
 * 2)  The jack in the game of bowls
 * 3) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
 * 1) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
 * 1) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership
 * 1) A female companion to a master a man with control, authority or ownership

Usage notes
In the extramarital sense, mistress is often narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed extramarital relationship (an ), often supported financially (a ). It can also be taken to mean broadly a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.

Translations

 * Arabic: سَيِّدَة
 * Belarusian: спада́рка, гаспады́ня
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, herskerinde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: mastrino,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, , misía, miona, madama
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δέσποινα
 * Hebrew: גבירה
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: máistreás
 * Italian: ,
 * Kazakh: ханым
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: госпо́дарка, газда́рица, сто́панка
 * Malay:
 * Norman: maitrêsse
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: frue
 * Old English: hlǣfdīġe
 * Ottoman Turkish: قادین, سیده
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: rani
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: га̏здарица, господа̀рица
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, นายหญิง,
 * Ukrainian: господи́ня, хазя́йка


 * Bulgarian: учителка
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: instruistino
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: mestra, profesora
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, शिक्षिका
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: máistreás
 * Italian:
 * Latin: magistra
 * Latvian: pasniedzēja,
 * Macedonian: наста́вничка, учи́телка
 * Norman: maitrêsse
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lærerinne, frøken
 * Nynorsk: lærarinne, frøken
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: siklǎrni
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́ста̄вница, учитѐљица
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: minnares, houvrou
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: خَلِيلَة, عَشِيقَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: məşuqə
 * Belarusian: палюбо́ўніца, каха́нка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 相好的, , 姦婦, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: elskerinde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: amdonantino, amaĵistino, amantino
 * Estonian: armastaja, armuke
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: querida,, druda, querindaina, mendroa
 * Georgian: საყვარელი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, hjákona
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: bean luí
 * Italian:
 * Jamaican Creole: matey
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ಸೆಕೆಂಡ್ ಸೆಟಪ್
 * Kazakh: ашына әйел, көңілдес әйел
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: тамыр аял, ойнош
 * Latin: paelex
 * Latvian: mīļākā, brūte
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: љубо́вница, шва́лерка
 * Manx: colhiabbagh
 * Norman: contchubinne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: elskerinne
 * Nynorsk: elskarinne
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: piramni
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љу́ба̄вница, шва̀ле̄рка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ljubica, ljubimka
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili: suria
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kabit, kerida
 * Tajik: маъшуқа
 * Telugu:, , సెకండ్ సెటప్
 * Thai:, , อีหนู, , คนรัก
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek: mashuqa, ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: mastrino
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, patroa
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: госпо́дарка
 * Portuguese: dominatriz
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: господа̀рица
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
 * 2)  To act or take the role of a mistress.
 * 1)  To act or take the role of a mistress.