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fem.

a femme (feminine queer woman) (contrast butch)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɛm/
  1. a femme (feminine queer woman) (contrast butch)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English femme, fem (with the rarer spelling borrowed to avoid ambiguity with French femme (“woman”)). English fem is itself from French femme.

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