# women

Pronunciation: say "WIM-in" /ˈwɪm.ɪn/

## Noun

1. Plural of woman. — plural of woman
   - Simple: Plural of woman. Use this form when talking about more than one woman.
   - _Three women started the company in a small garage._
   - _The women in the choir rehearse every Thursday evening._

## Origin

The plural of "woman," from Middle English "wimmen," from Old English "wīfmenn," formed from "wīf" (female) plus "menn" (men, persons, human beings): equivalent to "wife" + "men." The spelling with "o" was influenced by the singular form.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/women (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).