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feminine

 
Dictionary: fem·i·nine   (fĕm'ə-nĭn) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of or relating to women or girls. See synonyms at female.
  2. Characterized by or possessing qualities generally attributed to a woman.
  3. Effeminate; womanish.
  4. Grammar. Designating or belonging to the gender of words or grammatical forms that refer chiefly to females or to things classified as female.
n. Grammar.
  1. The feminine gender.
  2. A word or form belonging to the feminine gender.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman.]

femininely fem'i·nine·ly adv.
feminineness fem'i·nine·ness n.
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Thesaurus: feminine
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adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of women: distaff, female, womanish, womanly. See gender.
  2. Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissyish, unmanly, womanish. See gender.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: feminine
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Pertaining to the female sex, or having qualities normally characteristic of the female.

 
Word Tutor: feminine
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Associated or characteristic of women.

pronunciation We are born male or female, but not masculine or feminine. — Sandra Bartky

 
Translations: Feminine
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kvindelig, feminin, kvinde-
n. - hunkønsord, femininum

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrouwelijk, vrouwen-, met laatste akkoord op neergaande maatslag (muziek), met laatste lettergreep zonder klemtoon (rijm)

Français (French)
adj. - féminin, de femme, (Ling) féminin
n. - (Ling) féminin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - weiblich, feminin, fraulich, weibisch
n. - (Ling.) Femininum, weibliche Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θηλυκός, γυναικείος, θηλυπρεπής, (γραμμ.) θηλυκού γένους

Italiano (Italian)
femminile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - feminino

Русский (Russian)
женский, женский род

Español (Spanish)
adj. - femenino, de la mujer, de mujeres, género femenino
n. - femenino, género femenino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kvinnlig, feminin (gram.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
女性的, 柔弱的, 阴性的, 女性, 阴性词, 阴性

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 女性的, 柔弱的, 陰性的
n. - 女性, 陰性詞, 陰性

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 여자의 , 여자다운, 연약한, 나약한
n. - 여성

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 女性の, 女らしい, 女の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أنثوي , نسوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נקבי, נשי‬
n. - ‮מין נקבה (דקדוק)‬


 
 
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fem. (abbreviation)
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward (Quotes By)

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