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feminine

fe·mi·nine

UK/ˈfɛmɪnɪn/ US/ˈfɛmənɪn/ fairly common
adjective (4) noun (1)

adjective

1.

associated with women and not with men

  • “feminine intuition”
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2.
3.

able to fly through the air (as a bird)

  • “three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage”
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4.

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

  • “a feminine ending”
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noun

1.

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • feminine caesura
  • feminine ending
  • feminine hygiene
  • feminine of center
  • feminine product
  • feminine rhyme

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WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.