Feminine Definition
fĕmə-nĭn
adjective
Female; of women or girls.
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Having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, or modesty.
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Suitable to or characteristic of a woman; womanly.
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Effeminate; womanish.
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Designating, of, or belonging to the gender of words denoting, or referring to, females as well as many other words to which no distinction of sex is attributed.
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Synonyms:
noun
The feminine gender.
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A word or form in this gender.
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Other Word Forms of Feminine
Noun
Singular:
feminine
Plural:
femininesOrigin of Feminine
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Middle English from Old French from Latin fēminīnus from fēmina woman dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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