feminine

Значение (Английский)

Adj

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.
4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
5. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
6. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
7. Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.
8. Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.

Noun

1. That which is feminine.
2. (obsolete) A woman.
3. The feminine gender.
4. A word of the feminine gender.

Синонимы

female

womanly

womanish

effeminate

ladylike

womanlike

woman

👩

woman-like

girl

👧

female sex

maiden

pansy

pistillate

sissy

slender

unaccented

unmanly

unstressed

vixenish

weightless

woman’s

female bird

feamale

stop

🛑

gender role

atonic

coquettish

daughter

dwell

epicene

frail

gender

girlish

lady

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈfɛmɪnɪn/

Этимология (Английский)

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.