feminine
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine 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.
- derived from fēminīnus
- derived from feminin,feminine
- inherited from feminine,femynyne,femynyn
Definitions
Of or pertaining to the female gender.
Of or pertaining to the female sex
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
- Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
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Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive, sensual; womanly.
- Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.
- Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
- Ninias being esteemed no man of warre at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have…
Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.
Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.
- Feminine caesura, feminine catalexis, feminine ending, feminine rhyme.
That which is feminine.
A woman.
- They guide the feminines toward the Pallace.
The feminine gender.
A word of the feminine gender.
The neighborhood
- synonymcaringhaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- synonymladylikehaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- synonymnurturinghaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- synonymbeautyhaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- synonymfem
- synonymfeminine
- synonymfemme
- synonymgirlish
- synonymgirly
- synonymladyish
- synonymmaidenly
- synonymmatronly
- antonymmaleof the female sex
- antonymmanlyof the female sex
- antonymbutchhaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- antonymmasculinehaving qualities stereotypical of the female gender
- antonymneuter
- antonymandrogynous
- neighborshe-
- neighborfemale
- neighborguise
- neighborhousewifely
- neighborhousewifey
- neighborhousewifish
- neighborwifely
- neighborwifey
- neighborwifish
- neighboruxorial
Derived
antifeminine, cisfeminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending, feminine hygiene, femininely, feminineness, feminine of center, feminine product, feminine rhyme, femininism, femininity, femininization, femininize, feminize, feminoid, hyperfeminine, infeminine, masculofeminine, nonfeminine, overfeminine, pseudofeminine, superfeminine, suprafeminine, transfeminine, ultrafeminine, unfeminine
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for feminine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA