Meaning

1 senses

  1. To feminize.

Examples

3 sentences

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

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  2. Mary is a femme fatale.

    ruМэри - роковая женщина. — marafon

    deMaria ist eine Femme fatale. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. 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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Forms

femmes, femming, femmed, femmed
Base formfemme · to femme
3rd person singularfemmes
Present participlefemming
Past simplefemmed
Past participlefemmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfemme
he, she, itfemmes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfemmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave femmed
he, she, ithas femmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill femme

Word family

4 related words
Relatedfemme fanfemme fatalefemme incompriseen femme

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
femininityfeminismfeministfemurfenceA2fend
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