What does feminine mean?
Definitions for feminine
ˈfɛm ə nɪnfem·i·nine
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word feminine.
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"
Wiktionary
feminine(Noun)
The female principle
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Noun)
A woman.
They guide the feminines toward the palace u2014 Richard Hakluyt
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
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
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Adverb)
Of or pertaining to woman.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Adverb)
Having the qualities of a woman.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Adjective)
Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Adjective)
Belonging to females; appropriated to, or used by, females.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
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.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
feminine(Adjective)
Grammatical gender distinction in languages that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.
Etymology: 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
Freebase
Feminine
Associated with women; befitting or characteristic of a woman.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of feminine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of feminine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of feminine in a Sentence
In America at that time in the 90s, traditional masculinity was not to show emotion, not to show sensitivity, not to show vulnerability because it's feminine or, God forbid, gay to do so, we're kind of not saying what we mean and we're not actually expressing what's happening here ... I just wanted to show that that's problematic.
I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.
I'm not a gay man, I'm not a drag queen, I am not maybe total dude, and I'm not total feminine, I'm not totally female, i think I'm living more in that gray world.
We want to explore that idea further, it's a kind of a gender neutral range, which depending on how it's worn can be either very masculine or very feminine and we feel that's a very modern way forward.
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- مُؤَنَّثArabic
- жано́цкі, жаночы род, жаночыBelarusian
- женствен, женски, же́нски род, женаBulgarian
- benelBreton
- femeníCatalan, Valencian
- зударийн родChechen
- ženský, ženský rodCzech
- kvindelig, feminin, kvinde, femininum, hunkønDanish
- weiblich, feminin, Frau, Weib, FemininumGerman
- θηλυκό, θηλυκός, γυναικείοςGreek
- inaEsperanto
- femenino, femenilSpanish
- مؤنث, زنانهPersian
- nainen, naispuolinen, feminiininen, feminiini, naisellinen, naaraspuolinen, naaras, napsu, naismainenFinnish
- fémininFrench
- froulikWestern Frisian
- baineann, baininscneachIrish
- banail, boireannScottish Gaelic
- femininoGalician
- benoilManx
- נקבהHebrew
- női, nőstény, nőnemű, nőnem, nőies, fehérnépHungarian
- իգական, կանացի, կնոջArmenian
- femminile, donnaItalian
- 女性的な, 女性の, 女性, 女らしい, 女の, 女性らしい, 女性名詞Japanese
- ភេទស្រី, ឥត្ថីលិង្គKhmer
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗKannada
- 여성, 나약한, 여성의, 여자다운Korean
- fēminīnusLatin
- dzimte, sieviešu, sievišķīgais, sievišķs, sievišķīgs, sieviete, dzimtesLatvian
- स्त्रीलिंगी, बायकी, स्त्रैणMarathi
- vrouwelijkeDutch
- hunkjønnNorwegian
- femeninOccitan
- rodzaj żeńskiPolish
- ښځينهPashto, Pushto
- feminina, feminino, mulherPortuguese
- femeiesc, femininRomanian
- женский, женственный, же́нский родRussian
- स्त्रीलिङ्गSanskrit
- ženský, ženský rodSlovak
- femërorAlbanian
- feminin, kvinna, kvinnlig, femininumSwedish
- பெண்பால்Tamil
- స్త్రీలింగముTelugu
- kadınsıTurkish
- жіночий, жіночий рідUkrainian
- giống cáiVietnamese
- vomikVolapük
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