female

adj.

1. 1. Of or denoting the sex that produces ova or bears young.
   2. Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex; feminine.
   3. Consisting of members of this sex. See Usage Note at lady.
2. Botany.
   1. Designating an organ, such as a pistil or ovary, that functions in producing seeds after fertilization.
   2. Bearing pistils but not stamens; pistillate: female flowers.
3. Having a recessed part, such as a slot or receptacle, designed to receive a complementary male part: the female section of an electrical outlet.

n.

1. A member of the sex that produces ova or bears young.
2. A woman or girl.
3. Botany. A plant having only pistillate flowers.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by male, male) of femelle, from Old French, from Latin fēmella, diminutive of fēmina, woman.]

femaleness fe'male'ness n.

SYNONYMS   female, feminine, womanlike, womanly, womanish, effeminate, ladylike. These adjectives mean of or characteristic of women. Female categorizes any living thing by gender or sex: the female population; a female kitten; a female plant. Feminine refers to what is considered characteristic of women: feminine intuition. Womanlike applies to qualities of a woman: womanlike resolve. Womanly describes qualities regarded as becoming to a woman: womanly sympathy. Womanish suggests qualities associated with or suggestive of women: womanish attitudes. Effeminate applies to men who exhibit attributes traditionally associated with women: an effeminate actor. Ladylike applies to what is regarded as befitting refined or well-mannered women: ladylike manners.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women: distaff, feminine, womanish, womanly. See gender.

n

Definition: woman
Antonyms: male

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1. an individual of the sex that produces ova or bears young.
2. feminine.

• f. genital system anomalies — includes hermaphroditism, freemartinism, ovarian hypogenesis and aplasia, imperforate hymen, segmental aplasia of the paramesonephric duct, including uterus unicornis, uterus didelphys double cervix, cervical diverticula.
• f. pseudohermaphrodite — see pseudohermaphroditism.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.

    The Maker, at Creation's birth,
    With living things had stocked the earth.
    From elephants to bats and snails,
    They all were good, for all were males.
    But when the Devil came and saw
    He said:  "By Thine eternal law
    Of growth, maturity, decay,
    These all must quickly pass away
    And leave untenanted the earth
    Unless Thou dost establish birth" --
    Then tucked his head beneath his wing
    To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing
    With deviltry did so accord,
    That he'd suggested to the Lord.
    The Master pondered this advice,
    Then shook and threw the fateful dice
    Wherewith all matters here below
    Are ordered, and observed the throw;
    Then bent His head in awful state,
    Confirming the decree of Fate.
    From every part of earth anew
    The conscious dust consenting flew,
    While rivers from their courses rolled
    To make it plastic for the mould.
    Enough collected (but no more,
    For niggard Nature hoards her store)
    He kneaded it to flexible clay,
    While Nick unseen threw some away.
    And then the various forms He cast,
    Gross organs first and finer last;
    No one at once evolved, but all
    By even touches grew and small
    Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade,
    To match all living things He'd made
    Females, complete in all their parts
    Except (His clay gave out) the hearts.
    "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed
    I'll fetch the very hearts they need" --
    So flew away and soon brought back
    The number needed, in a sack.
    That night earth range with sounds of strife --
    Ten million males each had a wife;
    That night sweet Peace her pinions spread
    O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead!
                                                                  G.J.

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A plant having only pistillate flowers.

IN BRIEF: n. - An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa); A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies.

And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other. — Walt Whitman

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kvindelig, af hunkøn, hun-, kvinde-
n. - kvinde, hunkønsvæsen, hun, hunplante

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrouw/meisje, wijfje, bloem met alleen stampers, vrouwelijk, met stampers, hol deel

Français (French)
adj. - (Bot, Zool) femelle, féminin, de femme, (Élec) femelle
n. - (Bot, Zool) femelle, bonne femme (péj), greluche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Frau, Weibchen
adj. - weiblich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνθρωπος ή ζώο θηλυκού γένους, θηλυκό, γυναίκα
adj. - θηλυκός, γυναικείος

Italiano (Italian)
femmina, femminile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mulher (f), animal fêmea
adj. - feminino (f), fêmea

Русский (Russian)
самка, гайка, внутренняя резьба, женского пола

Español (Spanish)
adj. - relativo a la hembra
n. - hembra, femenino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fruntimmer (neds.), kvinna, hona (zool.), honblomma (bot.)
adj. - kvinno-, kvinnlig, hon-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女的, 雌性的, 雌的, 阴的, 母的, 内孔的, 女人, 雌性植物, 雌性动物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 女的, 雌性的, 雌的, 陰的, 母的, 內孔的
n. - 女人, 雌性植物, 雌性動物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 여성의 , 암컷의
n. - 여자 , 암컷

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女性, 雌
adj. - 女の, 女性の, 雌の, 受けるほうの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أنثى (صفه) أنثوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלול, נקבי‬
n. - ‮נקבה, אישה, של נקבה‬

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