femme

(fĕm)
adj.
Slang. Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men.

n.

1. Slang. One who is femme.
2. Informal. A woman or girl.

[French, from Old French, from Latin fēmina. See feminine.]

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noun
/fem/ /fem/
noun, US

1: Also fem. A young woman. (1928 —) .
American Speech The organizer of a Brush-off club 'made up of mournful soldiers who were given the hemlock cup by femmes back home' (1944).

2: A lesbian who adopts a passive, feminine role. (1961 —) .
New Statesman One of the femmes, secure in the loving protection of her butch (1966). Cf. butch adjective and noun.

[From French femme woman.]

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• Homosexuality - femme: Slang. very feminine lesbian, in contrast to butch

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvinde, lesbisk kvinde der spiller den kvindelige rolle i et homoseksuelt forhold

idioms:

• femme fatale    femme fatale

Nederlands (Dutch)
de "vrouw" in een lesbische relatie

Français (French)
n. - femme, lesbienne

idioms:

• femme fatale    femme fatale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Frau

idioms:

• femme fatale    Femme fatale (verführerisch attraktive Frau)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυναίκα, σύζυγος

idioms:

• femme fatale    μοιραία γυναίκα

Italiano (Italian)
donna

idioms:

• femme fatale    donna fatale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fêmea (f)

idioms:

• femme fatale    fêmea fatal

Русский (Russian)
женщина

idioms:

• femme fatale    роковая женщина

Español (Spanish)
n. - lesbiana (que hace de mujer)
adj. - que hace de mujer

idioms:

• femme fatale    vampiresa, mujer fatal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvinna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女人, 妻子, 娇柔的, 脂粉气十足的

idioms:

• femme fatale    妖姬, 倾城倾国的美女

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女人, 妻子
adj. - 嬌柔的, 脂粉氣十足的

idioms:

• femme fatale    妖姬, 傾城傾國的美女

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (프랑스) 여자, 아내
adj. - 여자의 , 아내의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女, 妻, レスビアンの女役

idioms:

• femme fatale    危険な魅力をもつ女

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امرأة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אישה, לסבית המתפקדת מינית כאישה‬

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