feminine

See also: féminine

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• f., f (abbreviation, grammar)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French feminin, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-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)

1. Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
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.
   • John Milton:

     Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.

   • Thomas Babington Macaulay:

     Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.

   • Sir Walter Raleigh:

     Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.

5. (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

• femininely
• feminineness
• feminine rhyme (prosody)
• femininity
• feminize

TranslationsEdit

of the female sex

• Arabic: نِسَائِيّ‎‎ (nisāʾiyy)
• Armenian: իգական (hy) (igakan)
• Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy), жано́цкі m (žanócki)
• Bulgarian: женски (ženski)
• Czech: ženský (cs)
• Danish: kvindelig (da)
• Esperanto: ina (eo)
• Faroese: kvinnuligur
• Finnish: naispuolinen (fi), naaras (fi)-, naaraspuolinen (fi)
• French: féminin (fr)
• Galician: feminino (gl) m
• Georgian: მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti), ქალური (kaluri)
• German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
• Greek: θηλυκός (el) m (thilykós)

  Ancient Greek: θῆλυς (thêlus)

• Hungarian: női (hu), nőstény (hu)
• Indonesian: feminin (id)
• Irish: baineann
• Italian: femminile (it)
• Japanese: 女らしい (on'narashii), 女性らしい (joseirashii), 女の (on'na no)

• Korean: 여자다운 (yeosadaun)
• Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu
• Manx: bwoirrin
• Marathi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ)
• Middle Persian: m'tk'
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feminin

  Nynorsk: feminin

• Pashto: ښځينه‎‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
• Polish: żeński (pl)
• Portuguese: feminino (pt) m, feminina (pt) f
• Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
• Slovak: ženský (sk)
• Spanish: femenino (es)
• Swedish: kvinnlig (sv), feminin (sv)
• 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) m (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) m, feminina (pt) f
• Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
• 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
• French: féminin (fr)
• Galician: feminino (gl)
• Georgian: ქალური (kaluri)
• German: feminin (de), weiblich (de)
• Greek: γυναικείος (el) m (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)
• Korean: 나약한 (nayakan)

• Latin: fēminīnus (la)
• Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu
• Manx: benoil, bwoirrin
• Marathi: बायकी (bāyakī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feminin

  Nynorsk: feminin

• Pashto: ښځينه‎‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
• Portuguese: feminino (pt) m, feminina (pt) f
• Romanian: feminin (ro), femeiesc (ro)
• Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij), же́нственный (ru) (žénstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: banail
• Spanish: femenino (es)
• Swedish: kvinnlig (sv), feminin (sv)
• Turkish: 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)
• Breton: benel (br)
• Cebuano: pangbabaye
• Chechen: зударийн род (zudarīn rod)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰性 (zh), 阴性 (zh) (yīnxìng)

• Czech: ženský (cs) m
• 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) m (thilykós)

  Ancient Greek: θηλυκός (thēlukós)

• Hebrew: נקבה‎‎ (he) f (nekeva)
• Hungarian: nőnemű (hu)
• 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
• Manx: bwoirrin
• Marathi: स्त्रीलिंगी (strīliṅgī)
• Middle Persian: m'tk'
• Neapolitan: femminile
• Norwegian: hunkjønn (no)

  Bokmål: feminin

  Nynorsk: feminin

• Occitan: femenin (oc)
• Pashto: ښځينه‎‎ (ps) (ẍëźina)
• Portuguese: feminino (pt) m, feminina (pt) f
• Russian: же́нский (ru) (žénskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: boireann
• Spanish: femenino (es)
• Swedish: feminin (sv)
• Telugu: స్త్రీలింగము (te) (strīliṅgamu)
• Turkish: dişil (tr)
• Vietnamese: giống cái (vi)
• Volapük: vomik (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

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

NounEdit

feminine (plural feminines)

1. That which is feminine.
2. (rare, possibly obsolete) A woman.
   • Richard Hakluyt:

     They guide the feminines toward the palace.

3. (grammar) The feminine gender.
4. (grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
   • Latham:

     There are but few true feminines in English.

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)
• Catalan: femení (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰性 (zh), 阴性 (zh) (yīnxìng)

• Czech: ženský rod m
• Danish: femininum (da) m, c
• Finnish: feminiini (fi)
• French: féminin (fr) m
• German: Femininum (de) n
• Greek: θηλυκό (el) n (thilykó)
• 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
• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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)

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 阴性 (zh) (yīnxìng) (2)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} banail, ^{(please verify)} boireann, ^{(please verify)} màlda

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GermanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

1. strong feminine singular nominative form of feminin.
2. strong feminine singular accusative form of feminin.
3. strong plural nominative form of feminin.
4. strong plural accusative form of feminin.
5. weak masculine singular nominative form of feminin.
6. weak feminine singular nominative form of feminin.
7. weak feminine singular accusative form of feminin.
8. weak neuter singular nominative form of feminin.
9. weak neuter singular accusative form of feminin.
10. mixed feminine singular nominative form of feminin.
11. mixed feminine singular accusative form of feminin.

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From fēminīnus (“feminine”) +‎ -ē.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.neː/, [feː.mɪˈniː.neː]

AdverbEdit

fēminīnē (comparative fēminīnius, superlative fēminīnissimē)

1. femininely, womanly

Related termsEdit

Terms related to feminine

• fēmella
• fēmellārius
• fēmina

• fēminātus
• fēmineus

• fēminīnus
• fēminō

Etymology 2Edit

Inflected form of fēminīnus (“feminine”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.ne/, [feː.mɪˈniː.nɛ]

AdjectiveEdit

fēminīne

1. 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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

1. definite singular of feminin
2. plural of feminin

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

1. definite singular of feminin
2. plural of feminin

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnine/

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

1. feminine plural nominative of feminin
2. feminine plural accusative of feminin
3. neuter plural nominative of feminin
4. neuter plural accusative of feminin

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SwedishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

feminine

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of feminin.