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English

Etymology
From OF. féminin|feminin, from L. femininus, from femina woman; probably akin to Latin fetus, or to Greek to suck, to suckle, Sanskrit dh� to suck; compare Anglo-Saxon IPAchar|fǣmme woman, maid: compare French féminin. See fetus.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�f�mɪnɪn/ or /�f�m�nɪn/
audio|en-us-feminine.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Having the qualities associated with a woman or the female gender; suitable to, or characteristic of, a woman; nurturing; not masculine or aggressive.

#: Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine � Milton
#: Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy � Sir Walter Raleigh

1. Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.

#: Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace � Macaulay

1. Belonging to females; appropriated to, or used by, females.

#: Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.

1. grammar grammatical gender distinction in languages that have it such as Spanish and Hindi that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.

Synonyms
italbrac|having qualities of female gender: caring, nurturing
italbrac|of the female sex: female, womanly

Antonyms
italbrac|having qualities of female gender: butch, masculine
italbrac|of the female sex: male, manly
italbrac|grammar: masculine

Derived terms
feminine rhyme prosody

Translations
trans-top|Having the qualities associated with a woman
Danish: kvindelig, feminin
Greek: t|el|γ�ναικείο�|m|sc=Grek (gynaikeíos)
Italian: t+|it|femminile
Korean: ko-inline|���|nayakan
trans-mid
Marathi: बाय�� (baayaki)
Spanish: femenino m, femenina f
trans-bottom

trans-top|Of the female sex
Danish: kvindelig
Greek: t|el|θηλ�κ��|m|sc=Grek (thilykós)
Italian: t+|it|femminile
Korean: ko-inline|����|yeosadaun
trans-mid
Marathi: स�त�र�ण (straiN)
Spanish: femenino m, femenina f
trans-bottom

trans-top|Belonging to females
Danish: kvinde-, feminin
Greek: t|el|γ�ναικείο�|m|sc=Grek (gynaikeíos)
Italian: t+|it|femminile
Korean: ko-inline|���|yeoseong-ui
trans-mid
Spanish: femenino m, femenina f
trans-bottom

trans-top|grammatical gender distinction
Czech: ženský m
Danish: hunkøns-
Greek: t|el|θηλ�κ��|m|sc=Grek (thilykós)
Italian: t+|it|femminile
Korean: ko-inline|��|yeoseong
trans-mid
Marathi: स�त�र�लि��� (streelingee)
Spanish: femenino m, femenina f
trans-bottom

rfc-trans

German: weiblich, feminin
French: féminin
Hebrew: נק��|נִקְ�ִּ� (nikbí) m
Japanese: 女��� (������, onnarashii)
mid
Latin: femininus
Scottish Gaelic: banail, boireannach, màlda
Swedish: feminin c, feminint n (1, 2, 3)

Adverb
en-adv

1. Of or pertaining to woman.
2. Having the qualities of a woman.

Noun
en-noun

1. (Obsolete or Colloquial): A woman

#: They guide the feminines toward the palace � Hakluyt

1. Grammar: Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.

#: There are but few true feminines in English � Latham

Translations
rfc-trans

Chinese: �� (yīnxìng) (2)
Catalan: femení m, femenina f
Danish: kvinde c (1); hunkøn n (2)
Dutch: vrouwelijk
French: féminin m (2)
Frisian: froulik
Greek: θηλ�κ� (thilykó)
Italian: femminile
mid
Japanese: 女� (����, josei)(1,2)
Portuguese: feminino m, feminina f
Russian: жен�кий (žénskij)
Scottish Gaelic: banail, boireann, màlda
Spanish: femenino m, femenina f

Romanian

Adjective
feminine

1. ro-form-adj|fp|n|feminin
2. ro-form-adj|fp|a|feminin
3. ro-form-adj|np|n|feminin
4. ro-form-adj|np|a|feminin

fr:feminine
ko:feminine
io:feminine
id:feminine
ku:feminine
hu:feminine
fi:feminine
te:feminine
vi:feminine
tr:feminine
zh:feminine

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