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feminine

[fem-uh-nin]

adjective

  1. being or relating to to a woman or girl.

    feminine beauty;

    feminine dress.

  2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, such as sensitivity or gentleness.

  3. effeminate; womanish.

    Growing up, he had been told he had a feminine walk.

  4. Grammar.noting or pertaining to that one of the three genders of Latin, Greek, German, etc., or one of the two genders of French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., having among its members most nouns referring to females, as well as other nouns, as Latin stella “star,” or German Zeit “t.”



noun

Grammar.
  1. the feminine gender.

  2. a noun or other element in or marking the feminine gender.

feminine

/ ˈɛɪɪ /

adjective

  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

    1. 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

    2. ( as noun )

      German Zeit ``time'' and Ehe ``marriage'' are feminines

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Other Word Forms

  • femininely adverb
  • feminineness noun
  • antifeminine adjective
  • antifemininely adverb
  • antifeminineness noun
  • half-feminine adjective
  • hyperfeminine adjective
  • hyperfemininely adverb
  • hyperfeminineness noun
  • overfeminine adjective
  • overfemininely adverb
  • pseudofeminine adjective
  • superfeminine adjective
  • ultrafeminine adjective
  • unfeminine adjective
  • unfemininely adverb
  • ˈڱ𳾾ԾԱ adverb
  • ˈڱ𳾾ԾԱԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of feminine1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English femynyn(e), from Anglo-French, Old French: feminine of adjective feminin, from Latin ŧīԳܲ, equivalent to ŧ() “woman” ( fetus ) + -īԳܲ -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of feminine1

C14: from Latin ŧīԳܲ, from ŧԲ woman
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Synonym Study

See female.
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