Some popular feminine words include: princess, queen, goddess, and diva. These words are often used to describe women in a positive or powerful light.
Some popular masculine words include strong, confident, independent, and assertive. These words are commonly associated with traditional masculine traits and characteristics.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The gender specific noun for the son of one's child is grandson.
The gender specific noun for the daughter of one's child is granddaughter.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The gender specific noun for a male offspring is son.
The gender specific noun for a female offspring is daughter.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.
The noun 'lawyer' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female who is licensed to practice law.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun for a female who tends sheep is shepherdess.
The word "shepherdess," is falling out of use in favor of using the noun "shepherd" as a common gender noun (a word for a male or a female).
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'lady' is a gender specific noun for a female.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a male is 'gentleman'.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
There is no gender specific noun for a female who delivers mail. Until a few decades ago, females were not hired for the job of delivering mail in most places.
By the time that many postal services began to hire female carriers, job descriptions were becoming generic.
The noun 'postman' has become the common gender nounmail carrier or letter carrier.
Oddly enough, the job of 'postmaster', the manager of a local postal office, was sometimes done by women. The gender specific noun for a female manager is 'postmistress'.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'billy' is a gender specific noun for a male goat or ibex.
The gender specific noun for a female goat or ibex is nanny.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'press relations officer' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun for a male bear is a boar.
The noun for a female bear is a sow.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'babe' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female; a word for a baby or an infant; a word for an innocent or naive person; a slang term of endearment; a slang term for a young man or woman.
The name 'Babe' (usually a nickname) has been used by males and females, for example, Babe Ruth (male), Babe Didrikson (female), or Babe the Blue Ox (?).
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The name 'Frances' is usually the name of a female.
The corresponding name for a male is 'Francis'.
The most common spelling for a surname is 'Francis'.
Note: This is only a convention since the names originate from languages that do have masculine and feminine nouns (for example Francesca and Francisco). It's the option of the parents naming a child to be conventional or not.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'servant' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female worker.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun heir is a common gender noun for a person who inherits.
The noun heir is also a gender specific noun for a male.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a female is heiress.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The gender specific noun for a female who tends a mistress's personal needs is a maidservant.
The gender specific noun for a male who tends a master's personal needs is a manservant.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, for example:
The noun for a male whose spouse had died is widower.
The noun for a female whose spouse had died is widow.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.
The noun witch is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.
A noun functions in a sentence as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.
Note: The word "warlock" (also is a common gender noun), commonly used in fiction and fantasy works, is an extremely derogatory word. The original meaning of the word "warlock" was "oath breaker" or "one who has broken their oath with God". It is from the middle ages and referred to anyone male or female who practiced any form of paganism. At the time the Catholic church was on a mission to eradicate paganism, and in their attempts they demonized the gods of paganism and claimed the practitioners had "made a pact with the devil", hence the "oath breaker" term.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The name Spencer is historically a name for a male, derived from the Anglo-French espenser and the Old French despensier, a dispenser of provisions, a butler or steward who had control of the provisions of a household, positions held by a male.
Today, Spencer is a name usually given to a male, but the family name Spencer is the name of everyone in the family; for example, Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'votaress' is a gender specific noun for a female who has made vows of dedication to religious service, or who is a devoted follower of someone or something.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a male is votary.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'calf' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female young bovine.
The gender specific noun for a young female calf that has not yet given birth is heifer.
The gender specific nouns for a male bovine are:
a male castrated before reaching puberty is steer;
an intact mature male bovine is bull;
a male castrated after puberty is stag.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'waiter' is the gender specific noun for a male.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a female is 'waitress'.
The common gender noun 'server' is a word for a male or a female.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'auntie' (or aunt) is a gender specific noun for a female.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a male relative is uncle.
The noun 'widow' is a gender specific noun for a female whose husband has died.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a male whose wife has died is widower.
The noun 'deaconess' is a gender specific noun for a clergywoman.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a clergyman is deacon.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun heir is a common gender noun for a person who inherits.
The noun heir is also a gender specific noun for a male.
The corresponding gender specific noun for a female is heiress.
The noun 'spinster' is a gender specific noun for a female, a word for a woman who is past a child bearing age but has never married.
The noun 'bachelor' is the noun used for an unmarried, adult male, however, at the time the word 'spinster' was commonly used, no corresponding noun for a male was used because an unmarried man of any age is not past an age for (the expectation of) siring children.
In modern times, the noun 'bachelorette' has come into use as a word for an unmarried, adult female.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'giant' is a common gender noun, a word for a male, a female, or an inanimate thing.
When referring to humans, the word giant can be male or female, or the noun giantess is sometimes used for a female.