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feminine

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See also:féminine

English

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feminine

Wikipedia

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/,/ˈfɛmənɪn/
Audio(US): (file)
Hyphenation:fem‧i‧nine

Adjective

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feminine (comparativemorefeminine,superlativemostfeminine)

Of or pertaining to thefemale gender;womanly.
Of or pertaining to thefemale sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith arefeminine names.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated withwomen:nurturing, notaggressive.
- 1667,John Milton, “Book VII”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
  Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft andfeminine.
- 1849–1861,Thomas Babington Macaulay,The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume(please specify |volume=I to V), London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC:
  Her letters are remarkably deficient infeminine ease and grace.
- 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e.,Walter Raleigh],The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby forWalter Burre, […],→OCLC,(please specify |book=1 to 5):
  Ninias being esteemed no man of warre at all, but altogetherfeminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammaticalgender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Synonym:female
Coordinate terms:masculine,neuter,common
1. (of anoun) Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
2. (of anotherpart of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.
(grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having thevowel harmony of afront vowel.
Coordinate term:masculine
(prosody) Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.
Feminine caesura,femininecatalexis,feminine ending.

Synonyms

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(of the female sex):female,womanly
(having qualities stereotypical of the female gender):caring,ladylike,nurturing

Antonyms

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(of the female sex):male,manly
(having qualities stereotypical of the female gender):butch,masculine
(grammar):masculine,neuter

Derived terms

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Translations

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of the female sex

Arabic:نِسَائِيّ(nisāʔiyy)
Armenian:իգական (hy)(igakan)
Belarusian:жано́чы(žanóčy),жано́цкі(žanócki)
Bulgarian:же́нски(žénski)
Chinese:
Mandarin:女性的 (zh)
Czech:ženský (cs)
Danish:kvindelig (da)
Esperanto:ina (eo)
Faroese:kvinnuligur
Finnish:naispuolinen (fi),naaras-,naaraspuolinen (fi)
French:féminin (fr)
Galician:feminino (gl)
Georgian:მდედრობითი(mdedrobiti),ქალური(kaluri)
German:feminin (de),weiblich (de)
Greek:θηλυκός (el)(thilykós)
Ancient:θῆλυς(thêlus)
Hindi:स्रैण(sraiṇ)
Hungarian:női (hu),nőstény (hu),nőnemű (hu)
Indonesian:feminin (id)
Irish:baineann
Italian:femminile (it)
Japanese:女らしい(おんならしい, onnarashii),女性らしい(じょせいらしい, joseirashii),女の (ja)(おんなの, onna no)
Kazakh:әйелдік(äieldık)
Korean:여자답다(yeojadapda),녀자답다(nyeojadapda)(North Korea)
Latin:fēminīnus (la)
Latvian:sievišķīgs,sievišķs,sieviešu (lv)
Manx:bwoirrin
Marathi:स्त्रैण(straiṇ)
Middle Persian:[script needed](m'tk')
Norwegian:
Bokmål:feminin
Nynorsk:feminin
Odia:ସ୍ତ୍ରୈଣ(straiṇa)
Pashto:ښځينه (ps)(ẍëźina)
Polish:żeński (pl)
Portuguese:feminino (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi:ਜ਼ਨਾਨਾ(zanānā)
Shahmukhi:زَنانہ(zanānh)
Russian:же́нский (ru)(žénskij)
Slovak:ženský (sk)
Southern Altai:тижи(tiži)
Spanish:femenino (es)
Swedish:kvinnlig (sv),feminin (sv)
Tocharian B:klaiññe
Turkish:dişil (tr)
Tyap:a̱nap (kcg)
Ukrainian:жіно́чий (uk)(žinóčyj)
Vietnamese:nữ giới (vi)
Volapük:vomik (vo)
West Frisian:froulik (fy)
Zazaki:maki (diq),mayki (diq)

belonging to females

Armenian:կնոջ(knoǰ)
Belarusian:жано́чы(žanóčy)
Bulgarian:же́нски(žénski)
Catalan:femení (ca),femenívol
Cebuano:pangbabaye
Chinese:
Mandarin:女性的 (zh)
Danish:kvinde- (da),feminin
Finnish:naisten (fi)
French:féminin (fr)
Georgian:ქალური(kaluri)
German:feminin (de),weiblich (de)
Greek:γυναικείος (el)(gynaikeíos)
Hungarian:női (hu)
Indonesian:feminin (id)
Italian:femminile (it)
Japanese:女性の (ja)(じょせいの, josei no)
Korean:여성의 (ko)(yeoseong-ui),녀성의 (ko)(nyeoseong-ui)(North Korea)
Latin:femininus (la)
Latvian:sievišķīgs,sievišķs,sieviešu (lv)
Macedonian:женски(ženski)
Manx:bwoirrin
Norwegian:
Bokmål:feminin
Nynorsk:feminin
Pashto:ښځينه (ps)(ẍëźina)
Portuguese:feminino (pt)
Russian:же́нский (ru)(žénskij)
Slovak:ženský (sk),dievčenský
Southern Altai:тижи(tiži)
Spanish:femenil (es),demujeres,femenino (es)
Swedish:kvinnlig (sv),feminin (sv)
Ukrainian:жіно́чий (uk)(žinóčyj)
Volapük:vomik (vo)
West Frisian:froulik (fy)
Zazaki:maykek,nerimako

having the qualities associated with women

Albanian:femëror (sq)
Armenian:կանացի (hy)(kanacʻi)
Aromanian:feamin
Belarusian:жано́чы(žanóčy),жано́цкі(žanócki)
Bulgarian:же́нствен (bg)(žénstven),же́нски(žénski)
Catalan:femenívol
Chinese:
Mandarin:女性的 (zh)
Danish:kvindelig (da),feminin
Esperanto:ina (eo)
Finnish:naisellinen (fi),feminiininen (fi),naismainen (fi),napsu (fi)
French:féminin (fr)
Galician:feminino (gl)
Georgian:ქალური(kaluri)
German:feminin (de),weiblich (de)
Greek:γυναικείος (el)(gynaikeíos)
Hungarian:nőies (hu)
Indonesian:feminin (id)
Irish:baineann
Middle Irish:banamail
Italian:femminile (it)
Japanese:女性的な (ja)(じょせいてきな, joseiteki na),女らしい(おんならしい, onnarashii),フェミニンな (ja)(feminin na)
Korean:나약하다 (ko)(nayakhada),여자답다(yeojadapda),녀자답다(nyeojadapda)(North Korea)
Latin:fēminīnus (la),muliebris (la)
Latvian:sievišķīgs,sievišķs,sieviešu (lv)
Lithuanian:moteriškas (lt)
Macedonian:женствен(ženstven),женски(ženski)
Manx:benoil,bwoirrin
Marathi:बायकी(bāykī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:feminin
Nynorsk:feminin
Pashto:ښځينه (ps)(ẍëźina)
Persian:زنانه (fa)(zanâna)
Polish:kobiecy (pl)
Portuguese:feminino (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi:ਜ਼ਨਾਨਾ(zanānā)
Shahmukhi:زَنانہ(zanānh)
Romanian:feminin (ro),femeiesc (ro)
Russian:же́нский (ru)(žénskij),же́нственный (ru)(žénstvennyj),феминный (ru)(feminnyj)
Scottish Gaelic:banail
Slovak:ženský (sk)
Southern Altai:тижи(tiži)
Spanish:femenino (es)
Swedish:kvinnlig (sv),feminin (sv)
Turkish:feminen (tr),kadınsı (tr)
Ukrainian:жіно́чий (uk)(žinóčyj),жіно́чний(žinóčnyj),жіно́цький(žinócʹkyj)
Vietnamese:nữ tính (vi)
Volapük:vomik (vo)
West Frisian:froulik (fy)
Zazaki:feminem

of the feminine grammatical gender distinction

Albanian:femëror (sq)
Arabic:مُؤَنَّث (ar)(muʔannaṯ)
Armenian:իգական (hy)(igakan)
Belarusian:жано́чы(žanóčy)
Breton:benel (br)
Bulgarian:же́нски(žénski)
Cebuano:pangbabaye
Chechen:зударийн род(zudariı̇n rod)
Chinese:
Mandarin:陰性的 /阴性的 (zh)
Cornish:benow (kw)
Czech:ženský (cs)
Danish:hunkøns- (da)
Dutch:vrouwelijk (nl)
Finnish:feminiininen (fi)
French:féminin (fr)
Galician:feminino (gl)
Georgian:მდედრობითი სქესი(mdedrobiti skesi),მდედრობითი(mdedrobiti)
German:feminin (de),weiblich (de)
Greek:θηλυκός (el)(thilykós)
Ancient:θηλυκός(thēlukós)
Hebrew:נקבה (he) f(nekeva)
Hindi:स्त्रीलिंग (hi)(strīliṅg)
Hungarian:nőnemű (hu)
Icelandic:kvenkyns-
Indonesian:feminin (id)
Irish:baininscneach
Italian:femminile (it)
Japanese:女性 (ja)(じょせい, josei)
Khmer:ភេទស្រី(pheitsrəy)
Korean:여성(女性) (ko)(yeoseong),녀성(女性) (ko)(nyeoseong)(North Korea)
Latin:fēminīnus (la)
Latvian:sieviešu (lv),sieviešu dzimtes
Lithuanian:moteriškos giminės(genitive),moteriškas (lt)
Macedonian:женски(ženski)
Maltese:femminili (mt) f
Manx:bwoirrin
Marathi:स्त्रीलिंगी(strīliṅgī)
Middle Persian:[script needed](m'tk')
Neapolitan:femminile
Norwegian:hunkjønn (no)
Bokmål:feminin
Nynorsk:feminin
Occitan:femenin (oc)
Pashto:ښځينه (ps)(ẍëźina)
Polish:żeński (pl)
Portuguese:feminino (pt)
Punjabi:زَنانہ(zanānh),ਇਸਤਰੀਲਿੰਗ(isatrīliṅg)
Russian:же́нский (ru)(žénskij)
Scottish Gaelic:boireann
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:жѐнскӣ
Roman:žènskī (sh)
Slovak:ženský (sk)
Slovene:ženski (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian:žónski ród
Southern Altai:тижи(tiži)
Spanish:femenino (es)
Swedish:feminin (sv)
Telugu:స్త్రీలింగము (te)(strīliṅgamu)
Turkish:dişil (tr)
Ukrainian:жіно́чий (uk)(žinóčyj)
Urdu:مُؤَنَّث(muannas)
Vietnamese:giống cái (vi)
Volapük:vomik (vo)
Welsh:benywaidd (cy)
Yiddish:פֿעמינין(feminin)
Zazaki:mayki (diq),mari

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Hebrew:^{(pleaseverify)}נִקְבִּי(nikbí)
Marathi:^{(pleaseverify)}रत्रीविषयक(ratrīviṣyak)
Scottish Gaelic:^{(pleaseverify)}banail,^{(pleaseverify)}boireannach,^{(pleaseverify)}màlda

Noun

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feminine (pluralfeminines)

That which is feminine.
(rare, possibly obsolete) Awoman.
- 1589,Richard Hakluyt,The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies toChristopher Barker, […],→OCLC:
  They guide thefeminines toward the Pallace.
(grammar) The feminine gender.
(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
- 1860,Robert Gordon Latham FRS,An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of Schools‎^[1],→OCLC,page82:
  These changes being understood, it is easy to see how inaccurate it is to talk ofshe being thefeminine, andthey being the plural, ofhe. The different words belong to different systems, and are no more the masculines andfeminines of one another, than (to use a well-known illustration)puss is the vocative case ofcat.

Translations

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that which is feminine

woman—seewoman

(grammar)

Arabic:مُؤَنَّث (ar) m(muʔannaṯ)
Belarusian:жано́чы род m(žanóčy rod)
Breton:benel (br)
Bulgarian:же́нски род m(žénski rod)
Burmese:ဣတ္ထိလိင် (my)(ithti.ling)
Catalan:femení (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:陰性 /阴性 (zh)(yīnxìng)
Czech:ženský rod m
Danish:femininum (da) m or c
Esperanto:ingenro,femineno
Finnish:feminiini (fi)
French:féminin (fr) m
German:Femininum (de) n
Greek:θηλυκό (el) n(thilykó)
Hindi:स्त्रीलिंग (hi) m(strīliṅg)
Hungarian:nőnem (hu)
Irish:baininscne f
Italian:femminile (it) m
Japanese:女性 (ja)(じょせい, josei)
Khmer:ឥត្ថីលិង្គ(ət'tʰəj-ləŋ)
Korean:여성 (ko)(yeoseong)
Latvian:sieviešu dzimte f
Lithuanian:moteriškoji giminė (lt) f
Marathi:स्त्रीलिंग n(strīliṅga)
Occitan:femenin (oc) m
Pashto:ښځينه (ps) f(ẍëźina)
Persian:مؤنث (fa)(mo'annas)
Polish:rodzaj żeński (pl) m
Portuguese:feminino (pt) m
Russian:же́нский род (ru) m(žénskij rod)
Sanskrit:स्त्रीलिङ्ग (sa)(strīliṅga)
Slovak:ženský rod m
Spanish:femenino (es) m
Swedish:femininum (sv) n
Tamil:பெண்பால் (ta)(peṇpāl)
Turkish:dişil (tr)
Ukrainian:жіно́чий рід (uk) m(žinóčyj rid)
Vietnamese:giống cái (vi)
West Frisian:froulik (fy)

a word of the feminine gender

Chinese:
Mandarin:陰性詞 /阴性词 (zh)
Hungarian:nőnem ű alak
Slovak:slovo ženského rodu

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French:^{(pleaseverify)}féminin (fr) m (2)
Italian:^(please verify)femminile (it)
Japanese:^{(pleaseverify)}女性 (ja)(じょせい, josei) (1,2)
Scottish Gaelic:^{(pleaseverify)}banail,^{(pleaseverify)}boireann,^{(pleaseverify)}màlda

German

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Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Adjective

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feminine

inflection offeminin:

Italian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/
Rhymes:-ine
Hyphenation:fe‧mi‧nì‧ne

Adjective

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feminine

feminine plural offeminino

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Fromfēminīnus(“feminine”) +‎-ē.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.neː/,[feːmɪˈniːneː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/,[femiˈniːne]

Adverb

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fēminīnē (comparativefēminīnius,superlativefēminīnissimē)

femininely,womanly

Related terms

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Etymology 2

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Inflected form offēminīnus(“feminine”).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.ne/,[feːmɪˈniːnɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/,[femiˈniːne]

Adjective

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fēminīne

vocative masculine singular offēminīnus

References

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“feminine”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
feminine inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.