Definitions for feminineˈfɛm ə nɪn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fem•i•nine*ˈfɛm ə nɪn(adj.)
pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls:
feminine attire.
having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness.
Category:
effeminate; womanish.
belonging to the female sex; female.
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.”
Category: Grammar
(n.)the feminine gender.
Category: Grammar
a word or other form in or marking the feminine gender.
Category: Grammar
* Syn: See female.
Origin of feminine:
1350–1400; ME < AF, OF < L fēminīnus
fem′i•nine•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
feminine(adj)
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
feminine(adj)
associated with women and not with men
"feminine intuition"
feminine(adj)
of grammatical gender
womanly, feminine(adj)
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
"womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
feminine(adj)
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
"a feminine ending"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
feminine(adjective)ˈfɛm ə nɪn
with qualities considered typical of women
a soft, feminine voice; The outfit looks very feminine.
feminineˈfɛm ə nɪn
in grammar, relating to the form of the word associated with females
"Waitress" is the feminine form of waiter.
Wiktionary
feminine(Noun)
The female principle
feminine(Noun)
A woman.
They guide the feminines toward the palace u2014 Richard Hakluyt
feminine(Noun)
Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
There are but few true feminines in English u2014 Latham
feminine(Adverb)
Of or pertaining to woman.
feminine(Adverb)
Having the qualities of a woman.
feminine(Adjective)
Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.
feminine(Adjective)
Belonging to females; appropriated to, or used by, females.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
feminine(Adjective)
Having the qualities associated with a woman or the female gender; suitable to, or characteristic of, a woman; nurturing; not masculine or aggressive.
feminine(Adjective)
Grammatical gender distinction in languages that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.
Origin: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
Webster Dictionary
Feminine(adj)
of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly
Feminine(adj)
having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate
Feminine(noun)
a woman
Feminine(noun)
any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix
Translations for feminine
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- vrouestem; vroulikeAfrikaans

- أنْثَويArabic

- женскиBulgarian

- femininoPortuguese (BR)

- ženskýCzech

- weiblichGerman

- feminin; kvindeligDanish

- γυναικείοςGreek

- femeninoSpanish

- nais(e)-Estonian

- زنانهFarsi

- naismainenFinnish

- fémininFrench

- נָשִׁיHebrew

- स्त्रैणHindi

- ženskiCroatian

- női(es)Hungarian

- tentang wanitaIndonesian

- kven-, kvenlegurIcelandic

- femminileItalian

- 女のJapanese

- 여자의Korean

- moters, moteriškasLithuanian

- sieviešu-Latvian

- wanitaMalay

- vrouwelijkDutch

- kvinnelig, femininNorwegian

- kobiecyPolish

- زنانهPersian

- ښځينهPashto

- femininoPortuguese

- feminin; de femeieRomanian

- женскийRussian

- ženskýSlovak

- ženskiSlovenian

- ženskiSerbian

- kvinno-, kvinnligSwedish

- เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิงThai

- kadınsı, kadınımsıTurkish

- 女性的Chinese (Trad.)

- жіночийUkrainian

- زنانہUrdu

- thuộc hoặc như phụ nữVietnamese

- 女性的Chinese (Simp.)

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