Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of the female sex:
having the qualities associated with women:
Русский
By meaning 2
of the female sex:
having the qualities associated with women:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of the female sex:

Examples

93 sentences

  1. Some women look more masculine than feminine.

    Деякі жінки виглядають більш мужоподібно, ніж жіночно. — ChickenKiev

    ruНекоторые женщины выглядят скорее мужественными, чем женственными. — odexed

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  2. Tom's apartment could use a feminine touch.

    ruКвартире Тома не хватает женской руки. — Wezel

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  3. Tom is in touch with his feminine side.

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Meaning

8 senses

  1. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive, sensual; womanly.

    feminin, weiblich

    же́нскийžénskij, же́нственныйžénstvennyj, феминныйfeminnyj

    жіно́чийžinóčyj, жіно́чнийžinóčnyj, жіно́цькийžinócʹkyj

  2. Of or pertaining to the female gender.

    female (of grammatical gender)

  3. Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.

    Feminine caesura, feminine catalexis, feminine ending, feminine rhyme.

    (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

More meanings 5

  1. Belonging to females; typically used by females.

    Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.

    feminin, weiblich

    же́нскийžénskij

    жіно́чийžinóčyj

  2. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

    Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

    feminin, weiblich

    же́нскийžénskij

    жіно́чийžinóčyj

  3. Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.

  4. Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.

  5. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.

    feminin, weiblich

    же́нскийžénskij

    жіно́чийžinóčyj

Origin

From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from L

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.

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Forms

more feminine, most feminine
Comparativemore feminine Lesson
Superlativemost feminine Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
having qualities stereotypical of the female gender:caringB2beautyA2ladylikenurturingfemme
Close in meaning
  • befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman:womanly

Antonyms

6 antonyms
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women:masculinemanly
of the female sex:maleB1
having qualities stereotypical of the female gender:butch
neuterandrogynous

Word family

25 related words
RelatedfemaleA2femininenessfemininity
Derivedantifemininecisfemininefeminine caesurafeminine endingfeminine hygienefemininelyfeminine productfeminine rhymefemininismfemininizationfemininizefeminizehyperfemininemasculofemininenonfeminineoverfemininepseudofemininesuperfemininesuprafemininetransfeminineultrafeminineunfeminine

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
feltfemaleA2femboyfemininityfeminismfeminist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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