What does feminine mean?
Definitions for feminine
ˈfɛm ə nɪnfem·i·nine
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word feminine.
Princeton's WordNet
feminineadjective
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
feminineadjective
associated with women and not with men
"feminine intuition"
feminineadjective
of grammatical gender
womanly, feminineadjective
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
"womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
feminineadjective
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
"a feminine ending"
Wiktionary
femininenoun
The female principle
femininenoun
A woman.
They guide the feminines toward the palace Richard Hakluyt
femininenoun
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
feminineadverb
Of or pertaining to woman.
feminineadverb
Having the qualities of a woman.
feminineadjective
Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly.
feminineadjective
Belonging to females; appropriated to, or used by, females.
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
feminineadjective
Having the qualities associated with a woman or the female gender; suitable to, or characteristic of, a woman; nurturing; not masculine or aggressive.
feminineadjective
Grammatical gender distinction in languages that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender.
Etymology: From féminin, from femininus, from femina, from dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Feminineadjective
Etymology: fæmininus, Latin.
Thus we chastise the god of wine
With water that is feminine,
Until the cooler nymph abate
His wrath, and so concorporate. John Cleveland.Her heav’nly form
Angelick, but more soft and feminine. John Milton, Parad. Lost.Ninias was no man of war at all, but altogether feminine and subjected to ease and delicacy. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.
Femininenoun
A she; one of the sex that brings young; a female.
O! why did God create at last
This novelty on earth, this fair defect
Of nature? And not fill the world at once
With men, as angels, without feminine? John Milton, Par. Lost.
Wikipedia
feminine
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. It is conceptually distinct from both the female biological sex and from womanhood, as all humans can exhibit feminine and masculine traits, regardless of sex and gender.Traits traditionally cited as feminine include gracefulness, gentleness, empathy, humility, and sensitivity, though traits associated with femininity vary across societies and individuals, and are influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors.
ChatGPT
feminine
Feminine generally refers to qualities or attributes traditionally associated with women. It can pertain to both biological characteristics and socioculturally defined traits. Feminine is often used in reference to behavior, appearance, clothing, roles, and forms of speech that are associated with women and girls. The concept and definition of what is considered feminine can vary widely based on culture and personal beliefs.
Webster Dictionary
Feminineadjective
of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly
Feminineadjective
having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate
Femininenoun
a woman
Femininenoun
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
Wikidata
Feminine
Associated with women; befitting or characteristic of a woman.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of feminine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of feminine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of feminine in a Sentence
Carol Doda's Breasts are up there the way one imagines Electra's should have been, two incredible mammiform protrusions, no mere pliable mass of feminine tissues and fats there but living arterial sculpture––viscera spigot––great blown-up aureate morning glories.
Shopping, true feminine felicity !
We want to explore that idea further, it's a kind of a gender neutral range, which depending on how it's worn can be either very masculine or very feminine and we feel that's a very modern way forward.
We've connected compassion and emotion and kindness and softness as feminine traits. The great thing about today is the boundaries are being blurred. it was a great responsibility to play this character. I definitely felt the weight of history. I felt the weight of the family.
It really took me a while, because when I was young, I didn’t realize that you could be a hunter and be a female. I thought if you were a girl, you couldn’t be classy and feminine, obviously, that’s not true.
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- مُؤَنَّثArabic
- жано́цкі, жаночы род, жаночыBelarusian
- женствен, женски, же́нски род, женаBulgarian
- benelBreton
- femeníCatalan, Valencian
- зударийн родChechen
- ženský, ženský rodCzech
- kvindelig, feminin, kvinde, femininum, hunkønDanish
- weiblich, feminin, Frau, Weib, FemininumGerman
- θηλυκό, θηλυκός, γυναικείοςGreek
- inaEsperanto
- femenino, femenilSpanish
- مؤنث, زنانهPersian
- nainen, naispuolinen, feminiininen, feminiini, naisellinen, naaraspuolinen, naaras, napsu, naismainenFinnish
- fémininFrench
- froulikWestern Frisian
- baineann, baininscneachIrish
- banail, boireannScottish Gaelic
- femininoGalician
- benoilManx
- נקבהHebrew
- női, nőstény, nőnemű, nőnem, nőies, fehérnépHungarian
- իգական, կանացի, կնոջArmenian
- femminile, donnaItalian
- 女性的な, 女性の, 女性, 女らしい, 女の, 女性らしい, 女性名詞Japanese
- ភេទស្រី, ឥត្ថីលិង្គKhmer
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗKannada
- 여성, 나약한, 여성의, 여자다운Korean
- fēminīnusLatin
- dzimte, sieviešu, sievišķīgais, sievišķs, sievišķīgs, sieviete, dzimtesLatvian
- स्त्रीलिंगी, बायकी, स्त्रैणMarathi
- vrouwelijkeDutch
- hunkjønnNorwegian
- femeninOccitan
- rodzaj żeńskiPolish
- ښځينهPashto, Pushto
- feminina, feminino, mulherPortuguese
- femeiesc, femininRomanian
- женский, женственный, же́нский родRussian
- स्त्रीलिङ्गSanskrit
- ženský, ženský rodSlovak
- femërorAlbanian
- feminin, kvinna, kvinnlig, femininumSwedish
- பெண்பால்Tamil
- స్త్రీలింగముTelugu
- kadınsıTurkish
- жіночий, жіночий рідUkrainian
- giống cáiVietnamese
- vomikVolapük
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