femme

Meaning

Noun

1. A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
2. A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
3. (uncommon) A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

Adj

1. (Canada, US) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
2. (derogatory) Effeminate (of a man).
3. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

Opposite of

butch

Synonyms

bride

female

♀️

girl

👧

lady

madam

missus

mistress

Mrs

old woman

signora

spouse

squaw

wife

👰‍♀️

woman

👩

Mrs.

Frau

Miss

Ms

Ms.

wifey

little woman

Translations

Frau

👩

donna

👩

زَوجة

dona

👩

زوجة

👰‍♀️

cònjuge

امرأة

👩

Dame

Ehefrau

👰‍♀️

esposa

👰‍♀️

Frauenzimmer

Gattin

👰‍♀️

muller

👰‍♀️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛm/

Etymology

Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.