feminine

EnglishEdit

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feminine

Alternative formsEdit

f., f (abbreviation, grammar)
fœminine (hypercorrect, obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/
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AdjectiveEdit

feminine (comparative more feminine, superlative most feminine)

Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 7”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  
  Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
  Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
- 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], OCLC 37026674, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
  
  Ninias being esteemed no man of warre at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

SynonymsEdit

(of the female sex): female, womanly
(having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): caring, ladylike, nurturing

AntonymsEdit

(of the female sex): male, manly
(having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): butch, masculine
(grammar): masculine, neuter

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

of the female sex

Arabic: نِسَائِيّ‎ (nisāʾiyy)
Armenian: իգական (hy) (igakan)
Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy), жано́цкі (žanócki)
Bulgarian: женски (ženski)
Czech: ženský (cs)
Danish: kvindelig (da)
Esperanto: ina (eo)
Faroese: kvinnuligur
Finnish: naispuolinen (fi), naaras-, naaraspuolinen (fi)
French: féminin (fr)
Galician: feminino (gl)
Georgian: მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti), ქალური (kaluri)
German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
Greek: θηλυκός (el) (thilykós)
Ancient: θῆλυς (thêlus)
Hungarian: női (hu), nőstény (hu), nőnemű (hu)
Indonesian: feminin (id)
Irish: baineann
Italian: femminile (it)
Japanese: 女らしい (onnarashii), 女性らしい (joseirashii), 女の (onna no)

Kazakh: әйелдік (äyeldik)
Korean: 여자다운 (yeojadaun)
Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu
Manx: bwoirrin
Marathi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ)
Middle Persian: [script needed] (m'tk')
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feminin

Nynorsk: feminin
Oriya: ସ୍ତ୍ରୈଣ (strôiṇô)
Pashto: ښځينه‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
Polish: żeński (pl)
Portuguese: feminino (pt)
Punjabi: زَنانہ‎ (zanānh)
Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
Slovak: ženský (sk)
Spanish: femenino (es)
Swedish: kvinnlig (sv), feminin (sv)
Tocharian B: klaiññe
Turkish: dişil (tr)
Ukrainian: жіно́чий (uk) (žinóčyj)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: vomik (vo)
West Frisian: froulik

belonging to females

Armenian: կնոջ (knoǰ)
Bulgarian: женски (ženski)
Cebuano: pangbabaye
Danish: kvinde- (da), feminin
Finnish: naisten (fi)
French: féminin (fr)
Georgian: ქალური (kaluri)
German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
Greek: γυναικείος (el) (gynaikeíos)
Hungarian: női (hu)
Indonesian: feminin (id)
Italian: femminile (it)
Japanese: 女性の (josei no)

Korean: 여성의 (yeoseong'ui)
Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu
Manx: bwoirrin
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feminin

Nynorsk: feminin
Pashto: ښځينه‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
Portuguese: feminino (pt)
Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
Slovak: ženský (sk), dievčenský
Spanish: femenil, de mujeres
Swedish: kvinnlig (sv), feminin (sv)
Volapük: vomik (vo)
West Frisian: froulik

having the qualities associated with women

Albanian: femëror (sq)
Armenian: կանացի (hy) (kanacʿi)
Aromanian: feamin
Bulgarian: женствен (bg) (ženstven)
Danish: kvindelig (da), feminin
Esperanto: ina (eo)
Finnish: naisellinen (fi), feminiininen (fi), naismainen (fi), napsu (fi)
French: féminin (fr)
Galician: feminino (gl)
Georgian: ქალური (kaluri)
German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
Greek: γυναικείος (el) (gynaikeíos)
Hungarian: nőies (hu)
Indonesian: feminin (id)
Irish: baineann
Middle Irish: banamail
Italian: femminile (it)
Japanese: 女性的な (joseitekina), 女らしい (おんならしい, onnarashii), フェミニン (ja) (feminin)
Korean: 나약한 (nayakhan)

Latin: fēminīnus (la), muliebris (la)
Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu
Lithuanian: moteriškas (lt)
Manx: benoil, bwoirrin
Marathi: बायकी (bāykī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feminin

Nynorsk: feminin
Pashto: ښځينه‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
Polish: kobiecy (pl)
Portuguese: feminino (pt)
Punjabi: زَنانہ‎ (zanānh)
Romanian: feminin (ro), femeiesc (ro)
Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij), же́нственный (ru) (žénstvennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: banail
Slovak: ženský (sk)
Spanish: femenino (es)
Swedish: kvinnlig (sv), feminin (sv)
Turkish: feminen (tr), kadınsı (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: vomik (vo)
West Frisian: froulik

of the feminine grammatical gender distinction

Albanian: femëror (sq)
Arabic: مُؤَنَّث‎ (ar) (muʾannaṯ)
Armenian: իգական (hy) (igakan)
Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy)
Breton: benel (br)
Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski)
Cebuano: pangbabaye
Chechen: зударийн род (zudarīn rod)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰性 (zh), 阴性 (zh) (yīnxìng)
Czech: ženský (cs)
Danish: hunkøns- (da)
Finnish: feminiininen (fi)
French: féminin (fr)
Galician: feminino (gl)
Georgian: მდედრობითი სქესი (mdedrobiti skesi), მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti)
German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
Greek: θηλυκός (el) (thilykós)
Ancient: θηλυκός (thēlukós)
Hebrew: נקבה‎ (he) f (nekeva)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: nőnemű (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: feminin (id)
Irish: baininscneach
Italian: femminile (it)
Japanese: 女性名詞 (joseimeishi), 女性 (ja) (josei)
Khmer: ភេទស្រី (pʰeit srəy)
Korean: 여성 (ko) (yeoseong)
Latin: fēminīnus (la)
Latvian: sieviešu, sieviešu dzimtes

Lithuanian: moteriškos giminės (genitive), moteriškas (lt)
Macedonian: женски (ženski)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manx: bwoirrin
Marathi: स्त्रीलिंगी (strīliṅgī)
Middle Persian: [script needed] (m'tk')
Neapolitan: femminile
Norwegian: hunkjønn (no)
Bokmål: feminin

Nynorsk: feminin
Occitan: femenin (oc)
Pashto: ښځينه‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
Polish: żeński (pl)
Portuguese: feminino (pt)
Punjabi: زَنانہ‎ (zanānh)
Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
Scottish Gaelic: boireann
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: женски

Roman: ženski (sh)
Slovak: ženský (sk)
Slovene: ženski (sl)
Spanish: femenino (es)
Swedish: feminin (sv)
Telugu: స్త్రీలింగము (te) (strīliṅgamu)
Turkish: dişil (tr)
Ukrainian: жіно́чий (uk) (žinóčyj)
Urdu: مُؤَنَّث‎ (mu'annas)
Vietnamese: giống cái (vi)
Volapük: vomik (vo)
Welsh: benywaidd (cy)
Yiddish: פֿעמינין‎ (feminin)

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Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נִקְבִּי‎ (nikbí)
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} रत्रीविषयक (ratrīviṣyak)

Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} banail, ^{(please verify)} boireannach, ^{(please verify)} màlda

NounEdit

feminine (plural feminines)

That which is feminine.
(rare, possibly obsolete) A woman.
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], imprinted at London: By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majestie, OCLC 753964576:
  They guide the feminines toward the Pallace.
(grammar) The feminine gender.
(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
- 1860, Robert Gordon Latham, An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of Schools
  The different words belong to different systems, and are no more the masculines and feminines of one another

TranslationsEdit

that which is feminine

Dutch: vrouwelijke (nl) n
Greek: θηλυκό (el) n (thilykó)

Latvian: sievišķīgais

woman — see woman

(grammar)

Arabic: مُؤَنَّث‎ (ar) m (muʾannaṯ)
Belarusian: жано́чы род m (žanóčy rod)
Bulgarian: же́нски род m (žénski rod)
Burmese: ဣတ္ထိလိင် (my) (ithti.ling)
Catalan: femení (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陰性 (zh), 阴性 (zh) (yīnxìng)
Czech: ženský rod m
Danish: femininum (da) m or c
Esperanto: ingenro, femineno
Finnish: feminiini (fi)
French: féminin (fr) m
German: Femininum (de) n
Greek: θηλυκό (el) n (thilykó)
Hindi: स्त्रीलिंग (hi) m (strīliṅg)
Hungarian: nőnem (hu)
Irish: baininscne f
Italian: femminile (it) m

Japanese: 女性 (ja) (じょせい, josei)
Khmer: ឥត្ថីលិង្គ (ət'tʰəj-ləŋ)
Korean: 여성 (ko) (yeoseong)
Latvian: sieviešu dzimte f
Lithuanian: moteriškoji giminė (lt) f
Pashto: ښځينه‎ (ps) f (ẍëźina)
Persian: مؤنث‎ (fa) (mo'annas)
Polish: rodzaj żeński (pl) m
Portuguese: feminino (pt) m
Russian: же́нский род (ru) m (žénskij rod)
Sanskrit: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (sa) (strīliṅga)
Slovak: ženský rod m
Spanish: femenino (es) m
Swedish: femininum (sv) n
Tamil: பெண்பால் (ta) (peṇpāl)
Ukrainian: жіно́чий рід (uk) m (žinóčyj rid)
Vietnamese: giống cái (vi)
West Frisian: froulik

a word of the feminine gender

Hungarian: nőnem ű alak

Slovak: slovo ženského rodu

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} féminin (fr) m (2)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} femminile (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 女性 (ja) (じょせい, josei) (1,2)

Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} banail, ^{(please verify)} boireann, ^{(please verify)} màlda

GermanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

inflection of feminin:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/
Rhymes: -ine
Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nì‧ne

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

feminine plural of feminino

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From fēminīnus (“feminine”) +‎ -ē.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.neː/, [feːmɪˈniːneː]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [fɛmiˈniːnɛ]

AdverbEdit

fēminīnē (comparative fēminīnius, superlative fēminīnissimē)

femininely, womanly

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Inflected form of fēminīnus (“feminine”).

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.ne/, [feːmɪˈniːnɛ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [fɛmiˈniːnɛ]

AdjectiveEdit

fēminīne

vocative masculine singular of fēminīnus

ReferencesEdit

feminine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
feminine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

definite singular of feminin
plural of feminin

Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

definite singular of feminin
plural of feminin

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /femiˈnine/

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

absolute definite natural masculine singular of feminin.