femme.
A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
Meaning & usage
A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
An effeminate or gay man.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), from Latin femina (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.
Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
Effeminate (of a man).
Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.
Her style was more femme than butch.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), from Latin femina (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.
To feminize.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), from Latin femina (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.
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