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feminine.

Of or pertaining to the female gender.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɛmɪnɪn//ˈfɛmənɪn/

  1. Of or pertaining to the female gender.

  2. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.

  3. Belonging to females; typically used by females.

    Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.

  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive, sensual; womanly.

  5. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

  6. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.

  7. Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.

  8. Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.

    Feminine caesura, feminine catalexis, feminine ending, feminine rhyme.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.

noun/ˈfɛmɪnɪn//ˈfɛmənɪn/

  1. That which is feminine.

  2. A woman.

    obsolete · possibly · rare

  3. The feminine gender.

  4. A word of the feminine gender.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.

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