femme
A woman; a wife; a young woman or girlA woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
» Fadil couldn't take his eyes off the teenage femme fatale.
OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesA 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
3 sentencesFadil couldn't take his eyes off the teenage femme fatale.
Mary is a femme fatale.
ruМэри - роковая женщина. — marafon
deMaria ist eine Femme fatale. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary is a femme lesbian.
Origin
From Middle English femme, itself borrowed from Old French fame (whence French femme), froFrom 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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