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1. (adj.) feminine
pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls:
feminine attire.
2. feminine
having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness.
3. feminine
effeminate; womanish.
4. feminine
belonging to the female sex; female.
5. feminine
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.”
6. (n.) feminine
the feminine gender.
7. feminine
a word or other form in or marking the feminine gender.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < AF, OF < L fēminīnus)
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| Definition of 'feminine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) feminine
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
2. (adj) feminine
associated with women and not with men
"feminine intuition"
3. (adj) feminine
of grammatical gender
4. (adj) womanly, feminine
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
"womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
5. (adj) feminine
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
"a feminine ending"
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1. (adjective) feminine
with qualities considered typical of women
a soft, feminine voice; The outfit looks very feminine.
2. feminine
in grammar, relating to the form of the word associated with females
"Waitress" is the feminine form of waiter.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) feminine
of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly
2. (adj) feminine
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
3. (noun) feminine
a woman
4. (noun) feminine
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
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Sense: of a woman
a feminine voice.
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 Afrikaans: vrouestem; vroulike |
 Arabic: أنْثَوي |
 Bulgarian: женски |
 Brazilian: feminino |
 Czech: ženský |
 German: weiblich |
 Danish: feminin; kvindelig |
 Greek: γυναικείος |
 Spanish: femenino |
 Estonian: nais(e)- |
 Farsi: زنانه |
 Finnish: naismainen |
 French: féminin |
 Hebrew: נָשִׁי |
 Hindi: स्त्रैण |
 Croatian: ženski |
 Hungarian: női(es) |
 Indonesian: tentang wanita |
 Icelandic: kven-, kvenlegur |
 Italian: femminile |
 Japanese: 女の |
 Korean: 여자의 |
 Lithuanian: moters, moteriškas |
 Latvian: sieviešu- |
 Malay: wanita |
 Dutch: vrouwelijk |
 Norwegian: kvinnelig, feminin |
 Polish: kobiecy |
 Persian: زنانه |
 Pashto: ښځينه |
 Portuguese: feminino |
 Romanian: feminin; de femeie |
 Russian: женский |
 Slovak: ženský |
 Slovenian: ženski |
 Serbian: ženski |
 Swedish: kvinno-, kvinnlig |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง |
 Turkish: kadınsı, kadınımsı |
 Taiwanese: 女性的 |
 Ukrainian: жіночий |
 Urdu: زنانہ |
 Vietnamese: thuộc hoặc như phụ nữ |
 Chinese: 女性的 |
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