noun · rare

femme

femme · femmes

A woman; a wife; a young woman or girlA woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.

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/fɛm/

» Fadil couldn't take his eyes off the teenage femme fatale.

Meaning

4 senses

A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
Near-synonym: lipstick lesbian (sometimes differentiated)
(uncommon)A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
(US, derogatory)An effeminate or gay man.

Examples

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Fadil couldn't take his eyes off the teenage femme fatale.
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Mary is a femme fatale.
ruМэри - роковая женщина.
deMaria ist eine Femme fatale.
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Mary is a femme lesbian.
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Origin

From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), fro

From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), from Latin femina (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.

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