feminine

Meanings

Plural: feminines

Noun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
That which is feminine.
A woman.
The feminine gender.
A word of the feminine gender.

Adjective

associated with women and not with men
- "feminine intuition"
of grammatical gender
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

Adjective Satellite

(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
- "a feminine ending"

Adj

Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.
Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.
Following or ending on an unstressed syllable.

Origin / Etymology

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”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.

Synonyms

camp, caring, effeminate, epicene, female, femme, fruity, girlish, girly, ladyish, ladylike, nurturing, Of a man, swish, womanish, womanly

Antonyms

butch, male, manly, masculine, neuter, unwomanly

Scrabble Score: 13

feminine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
feminine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
feminine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

feminine is a valid Words With Friends word