Definizione monolingua

she

she (plural shes)

1. A female.

   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare — Shakespeare.

   • 2000, Sue V. Rosser, Building inclusive science (volume 28, issues 1-2, page 189)

     A world where the hes are so much more common than the shes can hardly be seen as a welcoming place for women.

she third person singular, feminine, nominative case (accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)

1. (personal) A female person or animal.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:

     Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall [...].

   I asked Mary, but she said that she didnt know.

2. (personal) A ship or country.
3. (personal, affectionate) Machinery such as cars and steam engines.

   She is a beautiful boat, isnt she?

4. (personal, nonstandard) he/she. used arbitrarily with he for an indefinite person in order to be gender-neutral.
   • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, 1990:

     Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage.

Definizione dizionario she

	lei
	person
	A female other; the female previously mentioned. (3rd person pronoun for a female)
	Another person; the person previously mentioned.

	ella
	person
	A female other; the female previously mentioned. (3rd person pronoun for a female)

	lui
	Another person; the person previously mentioned.

	essa
	A female other; the female previously mentioned. (3rd person pronoun for a female)

colei

costei

donna

egli

femmina

la

le

Altri significati:

that gentleman (lady)

(personal, nonstandard) he/she. used arbitrarily with '''he''' for an indefinite person in order to be gender-neutral.

(personal, affectionate) Machinery such as cars and steam engines.

(personal) A ship or country.

(derogatory or familiar) he

(personal) A female person or animal.