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# lass

«lass» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or young woman** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lass, lasses) — informal, UK dialect

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, Scotland and northern England) A lass is a girl or young woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#m1)

2) (informal) Lass is used as a friendly way to talk to a girl or woman, as in Thanks, lass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday speech in Scotland, Ireland and the north of England, people say lass and lad for girl and boy. In old songs and stories, a lad and a lass fall in love, and bonny lass means pretty girl. The word is friendly and warm, not rude.

### examples

- She's a clever lass. (UK dialect) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x1)
- Thanks, lass, that's very kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x2)
- The lads and lasses went to the dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x3)
- A bonny lass sang by the river. (Scots) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x4)
- Our Sarah's a lovely lass. (northern England) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x5)
- Come here, lass, and tell me what happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x6)
- And the lass whispered in his ear: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/#x7)

### note

Plural: lasses. Informal and regional; in standard English say girl or young woman. The boy word is lad. Lassie means the same; Lassie is also a famous dog in films.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.