See also: féminine

English edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/
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Adjective edit

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.
  5. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
    Synonym: female
    Coordinate terms: masculine, neuter, common
    1. (of a noun) Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
    2. (of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.
  6. (grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.
    Coordinate term: masculine

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Noun edit

feminine (plural feminines)

  1. That which is feminine.
  2. (rare, possibly obsolete) A woman.
    • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, [], London: [] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, [], →OCLC:
      They guide the feminines toward the Pallace.
  3. (grammar) The feminine gender.
  4. (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

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feminine

  1. 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

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

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feminine

  1. feminine plural of feminino

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From fēminīnus (feminine) +‎ .

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fēminīnē (comparative fēminīnius, superlative fēminīnissimē)

  1. femininely, womanly
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Etymology 2 edit

Inflected form of fēminīnus (feminine).

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fēminīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of fēminīnus

References edit

  • 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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feminine

  1. Alternative form of femynyne

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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feminine

  1. definite singular of feminin
  2. plural of feminin

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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feminine

  1. definite singular of feminin
  2. plural of feminin

Romanian edit

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feminine

  1. feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of feminin

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feminine

  1. definite natural masculine singular of feminin