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feminine
1.adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
2.adjective
3.adjective
In some languages, a feminine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way.
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feminine in British English
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
a.
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
b.
(as noun)
German Zeit 'time' and Ehe 'marriage' are feminines
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Derived forms
femininely (ˈfemininely)
adverb
feminineness (ˈfeminineness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina woman
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feminine in American English
adjective
1.
female; of women or girls
2.
having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, or modesty
3.
suitable to or characteristic of a woman; womanly
4.
effeminate; womanish
said of a man
5. Grammar
designating, of, or belonging to the gender of words denoting, or referring to, females as well as many other words to which no distinction of sex is attributed
6. Music
designating or of a cadence ending on an unaccented note or chord
7. Prosody
a.
ending with an unstressed syllable, as a line of verse
b.
designating or of a rhyme in which the rhyming elements have two, or sometimes three, syllables of which only the first is stressed (Ex.: danger, stranger)
noun Grammar
8.
the feminine gender
9.
a word or form in this gender
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfeˌmale
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Derived forms
femininely (ˈfemininely)
adverb
femininity (ˌfemiˈninity)
noun
Word origin
ME < OFr < L femininus < femina, woman
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feminine in American English
(ˈfemənɪn)
adjective
1.
pertaining to a woman or girl
feminine beauty
feminine dress
2.
having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness
3.
effeminate; womanish
a man with a feminine walk
4.
belonging to the female sex; female
feminine staff members
5.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 “time”
noun Grammar
6.
the feminine gender
7.
a noun or other element in or marking that gender
SYNONYMS 2. See female.
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Derived forms
femininely
adverb
feminineness
noun
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME ‹ AF, OF: fem. of feminin ‹ L of fēminīnus, equiv. to fēmin(a) woman ( see fetus) + -īnus -ine1]
Examples of 'feminine' in a sentence
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COBUILD Collocations
feminine
feminine pronoun