FEMININE

feminine

Noun

  1. That which is feminine.
  2. A woman.
  3. The feminine gender.
  4. A word of the feminine gender.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
  2. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
  3. Belonging to females; typically used by females.
    Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
  5. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have sex-based gender distinctions.


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