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fem⋅i⋅nine

  [fem-uh-nin]
–adjective
1. pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness.
3. effeminate; womanish: a man with a feminine walk.
4. belonging to the female sex; female: feminine staff members.
5. Grammar. noting or pertaining to that one of the three genders of Latin, Greek, German, etc., or one of the two genders of French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., having among its members most nouns referring to females, as well as other nouns, as Latin stella “star,” or German Zeit “time.”
–noun Grammar.
6. the feminine gender.
7. a noun or other element in or marking that gender.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF, OF: fem. of feminin < L of fēminīnus, equiv. to fēmin(a) woman (see fetus ) + -īnus -ine 1

Related forms:
fem⋅i⋅nine⋅ly, adverb
fem⋅i⋅nine⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. See female.
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fem·i·nine   (fěm'ə-nĭn)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to women or girls. See Synonyms at female.

  2. Characterized by or possessing qualities generally attributed to a woman.

  3. Effeminate; womanish.

  4. Grammar Designating or belonging to the gender of words or grammatical forms that refer chiefly to females or to things classified as female.

n.   Grammar

  1. The feminine gender.

  2. A word or form belonging to the feminine gender.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
fem'i·nine·ly adv., fem'i·nine·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

feminine 
c.1384, "of the female sex," from O.Fr. feminin, from L. femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," lit. "she who suckles," from base of felare "to suck, suckle" (see fecund). Sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic of women" is recorded from c.1440. Feminism is from 1851, but meant at first "state of being feminine;" sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is 1895. Feminist is 1894, from Fr. féministe (1872).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fem·i·nine
Pronunciation: 'fem-&-n&n
Function: adjective
1 : FEMALE
2 : characteristic of or appropriate or peculiar to women
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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