feminine

fem·i·nine

 (fĕm′ə-nĭn)

adj.

1. Of or relating to women or girls.

2. Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to women, such as demureness.

3. Effeminate; womanish.

4. Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to females or to things grammatically classified as female.

n. Grammar

1. The feminine gender.

2. A word or form belonging to the feminine gender.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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fem′i·nine·ly adv.

fem′i·nine·ness, fem′i·nin′i·ty (-nĭn′ĭ-tē) n.

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feminine

(ˈfɛmɪnɪn)

adj

1. suitable to or characteristic of a woman: a feminine fashion.

2. possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a woman

3. effeminate; womanish

4. (Grammar) grammar

a. denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some female animate referents

b. (as noun): German Zeit 'time' and Ehe 'marriage' are feminines.

[C14: from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina woman]

ˈfemininely adv

ˈfeminineness n

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fem•i•nine

(ˈfɛm ə nɪn)

adj.

1. pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls: feminine attire.

2. having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness.

3. effeminate; womanish.

4. belonging to the female sex; female.

5. of, pertaining to, or being the grammatical gender that has among its members most nouns referring to females, as well as other nouns, as Latin stella “star” or German Zeit “time.”

n.

6. the feminine gender.

7. a word or other form in or marking the feminine gender.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin fēminīnus]

fem′i•nine•ly, adv.

syn: See female.

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female

– feminine

1. 'female'

Female means 'relating to the sex that can have babies'. You can use female as an adjective to talk about either people or animals.

There has been a rise in the number of female employees.

A female toad may lay 20,000 eggs each season.

You can also use female as a noun to talk about animals.

The male fertilizes the female's eggs.

He saw a family of lions – a big male, a beautiful female, and two cubs.

In scientific contexts, female is sometimes used as a noun to refer to women or girls.

The condition affects both males and females.

People sometimes use female to talk about young women, in order to avoid using 'woman' or 'girl'.

He asked if a white female of a certain age had checked into the hotel.

2. 'feminine'

Feminine means 'typical of women, rather than men'.

The bedroom has a light, feminine look.

She is a calm, reasonable and deeply feminine woman.

Don't use 'feminine' to talk about animals.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feminine - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female gender, grammatical gender - a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Adj.	1.	feminine - associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" female - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries" feminine - of grammatical gender masculine - associated with men and not with women
	2.	feminine - of grammatical gender feminine - associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" masculine - of grammatical gender neuter - of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"
	3.	feminine - befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" womanly
	4.	feminine - (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner unstressed - not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"

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feminine

adjective

1. womanly, pretty, soft, gentle, tender, modest, delicate, graceful, girlie, girlish, ladylike the ideal of feminine beauty
womanly rough, manly, masculine, butch, Amazonian, virile, mannish, unfeminine, indelicate, unladylike, unwomanly

2. effeminate, camp (informal), weak, unmanly, effete, womanish, unmasculine men with feminine gestures

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feminine

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of women:

distaff, female, womanish, womanly.

2. Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men:

effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissyish, unmanly, womanish.

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Translations

مُؤَنَّثنَسَويأنْثَوي

ženský

femininfemininumhunkønkvindekvindelig

femininweiblichFemininumFraufraulich

γυναικείοςθηλυκόςθηλυκό

femeninofemenina

زنانه

naisellinennaispuolinenfeminiinifeminiininennaaras

féminin

ženski

nőneműnőstényfehérnépnőinőies

kven-, kvenlegurkvenkyns-, í kvenkynikvenlegur

femminilefemminilit...femministamuliebrefemmineo

女らしい女性女性の女性らしい女性名詞

여자다운

feministėfeminizmasmoteriškasmoteriškosios giminŗsmoteriškumas

sieviešusieviešu-sievišķīgs

vrouwelijk

femininhunkjønns-kvinnelig

kobiecy

femininomulherfeminina

женскийженский родженственный

ženski spolženstven

feminin

เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง

kadınsıdişilkadınımsı

nữ tính

女性的阴性的女子气的

feminine

[ˈfemɪnɪn]

A. ADJ → femenino
feminine form (Ling) → forma f femenina

B. N (Ling) → femenino m
in the feminine → en femenino

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feminine

[ˈfɛmɪnɪn]

adj → féminin(e)

n (GRAMMAR) → féminin m

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feminine

adj

person, clothes, look, perfume, voice → feminin; beauty, role, qualities, nature → weiblich; (Anat, Biol) → weiblich; a feminine occupation → ein Frauenberuf m; feminine wiles → weibliche Listen pl; his feminine side → seine weibliche or feminine Seite

(Gram) noun, pronoun, ending → weiblich, feminin (spec)

n (Gram) → Femininum nt

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feminine

[ˈfɛmɪnɪn]

1. adj → femminile
the feminine form (Gram) → il femminile

2. n (Gram) → femminile m
in the feminine → al femminile

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feminine

(ˈfeminin) adjective

1. of a woman. a feminine voice. vrouestem; vroulike أنْثَوي женски feminino ženský weiblich feminin; kvindelig γυναικείοςfemenino nais(e)- زنانه naismainen fémininנשי स्त्रैण ženski női(es) tentang wanita kven-, kvenlegur femminile 女の 여자의 moters, moteriškas sieviešu- wanita vrouwelijkkvinnelig, femininkobiecy ښځينه feminino feminin; de femeie женский ženský ženski ženski kvinno-, kvinnlig เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง kadınsı, kadınımsı 女性的 жіночий زنانہ thuộc hoặc như phụ nữ 女性的

2. with all the essential qualities of a woman. She was a very feminine person. vroulike persoon نَسَوي женствена feminino ženský fraulich, feminin feminin; kvindelig θηλυκός, θηλυπρεπήςfemenino naiselik زن منش naisellinen fémininנשי स्त्रियोचित ženstven női(es) feminin kvenlegur femminile 女らしい 여자다운 moteriškas sievišķīgs feminin vrouwelijkkvinnelig, femininkobiecy دښځى، (ګر) موْنت feminino feminin женственный ženský ženstven ženstven feminin, kvinnlig เกี่ยวกับลักษณะของผู้หญิง kadınsı, dişil 女性化的 жіночий زنانہ خصوصیات کا حامل có những tính chất hoặc vẻ ngoài được coi là đặc trưng của phụ nữ 女子气的

3. in certain languages, of one of usually two or three genders of nouns etc. vroulik مُؤَنَّث женски пол feminino ženský weiblich hunkøn θηλυκό γένος femenino naissugu مونث feminiinisukuinen féminin מִין נְקֵבָה स्त्रिलिंग ženski (rod) nőnemű feminin kvenkyns-, í kvenkyni femminile 女性 (形) の [문법] 여성의 moteriškosios giminės sieviešu [] feminin vrouwelijkhunkjønns-żeński موْنت feminino feminin женского рода ženský ženski spol ženski rod feminin ที่เป็นเพศหญิง (ใช้ในภาษาบางภาษาที่มีการแบ่งเพศของคำนาม) dişil 陰性的(語法) жіночого роду مؤنث کا صیغہ (ngôn ngữ học) thuộc giống cái 阴性的（语法）

ˌfemiˈninity noun

the quality of being feminine. She never used her femininity to win the argument. vroulikheid أنوثَه женственост feminilidade ženskost die Weiblichkeit femininitet; kvindelighed θηλυκότηταfeminidad naiselikkus زنانگی naiseus féminitéנשיות यौनिकता ženstvenost nőiesség kewanitaan kvenleiki femminilità 女であること 여성의 특질 moteriškumas sievišķība kewanitaan vrouwelijkheid kvinnelighet, feminitet kobiecość ښځينه feminilidade feminitate женственность ženskosť ženskost ženstvenost kvinnlighet ความเป็นผู้หญิง kadınlık, dişilik 女人的氣質 жіночність زنانہ پن nữ tính 女人的气质

ˈfeminism noun

the thought and actions of people who want to make women's (legal, political, social etc) rights equal to those of men. feminisme مَبْدأ المُساواه بين الرَّجُل والمَرأه феминизъм feminismo feminismus der Feminismus feminisme φεμινισμόςfeminismo feminism جنبش برابری زن و مرد feminismi féminismeפמיניזם नारीवाद feminizam feminizmus feminisme femínismi; kvenfrelsisstefna femminismo 男女同権主義 여권 신장 운동 feminizmas feminisms gerakan kewanitaan feminismekvinnebevegelse, feminismefeminizm د ښځو او نارینو د مساوی حقوق جنبش feminismo feminism феминизм feminizmus feminizem feminizam feminism ความคิดและการกระทำของผู้คนที่ต้องการทำให้ผู้หญิงได้รับสิทธิต่าง ๆ เท่าเทียมผู้ชาย feminizm, kadın hakları savunuculuğu 男女平等主義 фемінізм مرد عورت کی برابری کی بنیاد پر عورتوں کے حقوق کے لیے پیروی thuyết nam nữ bình quyền 女权主义（男女平等主义）

ˈfeminist noun

a supporter of feminism. feminis نَصير المُساواه بين الجِنْسَيْن феминист feminista feminista, -ka der/die Feminist(in) feminist φεμινιστήςfeminista feminist هوادار حقوق زنان feministi féministeפמיניסט नारीवादी, स्त्री-अधिकार का पक्षधर feminist(ica) feminista feminis femínisti femminista 男女同権主義者 여권 신장론자 feministė feministe penyokong gerakan kewanitaan feministe kvinnesaksforkjemper, feministfeministka د ښځو د حقوق مدافع feminista femi­nist феминист feminista, -ka feminist feminista feminist คนหรือผู้ที่สนับสนุนแนวความคิดให้ผู้หญิงได้รับสิทธิต่าง ๆ เท่าเทียมผู้ชาย feminist, kadın hakları savunucusu 男女平等主義者 фемініст(ка) حقوق نسواں کا حامی người ủng hộ thuyết nam nữ bình quyền 女权主义者（男女平等主义者）

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feminine

→ مُؤَنَّث ženský feminin feminin γυναικείος femenino naisellinen féminin ženski femminile 女らしい 여자다운 vrouwelijk feminin kobiecy feminino женский feminin เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง kadınsı nữ tính 女性的

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feminine

a. femenino-a; afeminado.

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feminine

adj femenino

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