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female

adj · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfiː.meɪl/
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  • rhymes with -iːmeɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 M EY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • the female chromosome
  • estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: feminine, form-of, not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: less common than 'feminine'

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

An animal of the sex that produces eggs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

A human of feminine gender; a girl or woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: girl, woman, babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal, gel, girlie, girly, grill, hottie, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, poppet, pucelle, puss, quean, tart, wan, wench, woman child, baggage, bim, bitch, blone, broad, covess, dame, donna, feme, femme, femoid, frau, frow, gash, gentlelady, ginch, hen, ho, huwoman, lady, maness, mort, mulier, placket, pussy, queen, she, sheila, skirt, squaw, thot, tía, twist, vaginoid, wife, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, wimmin

9

noun

Meaning 9

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a female heir
  • female holly trees bear the berries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: male, androgynous

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the female lead in the play
  • a female chorus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adjective satellite

Meaning 14

characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • female sensitiveness
  • female suffrage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distaff

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: male

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Narrower terms: hen, dam, female mammal, filly

16

noun

Meaning 16

a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: female person

Antonyms: male

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: female offspring, female child, girl, little girl, foster-sister, foster sister, girl wonder, woman, adult female

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-m̥h1n-éh2 Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female From Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (“female”), from Medieval Latin fēmella (“a female”), from Latin fēmella (“a girl, a young female, a young woman”), diminutive of fēmina (“a woman”). The English spelling and pronunciation were remodelled under the influence of male, which is otherwise not etymologically related. Contrast woman, which is etymologically built on man (as in, “person”).

Across languages

Translations

383 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Arabic: أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Arabic: أنثى (onθa or onsa) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Arabic: نتاية (netaya) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Aramaic: ܢܩܒܬܢܝܐ (neqbəṯānāyā) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Armenian: իգական (igakan) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Azerbaijani: dişi — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Basque: eme — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Catalan: femení — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Catalan: femella — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女 (nǚ) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 母 (mǔ) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌 (cí) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Maore Comorian: -she — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Czech: samičí — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Czech: ženský — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dalmatian: femia — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Danish: hun- or hunlig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Danish: kvindelig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Dutch: vrouwelijk — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Esperanto: ina — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: naispuolinen — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Finnish: nais- — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • French: femelle — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • French: féminin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Galician: femia — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: ქალი (kali) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Georgian: მდედრი (mdedri) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • German: weiblich — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (qinakunds) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qineins) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ancient Greek: θῆλυς (thêlus) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Haitian Creole: femèl — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hebrew: נקבה \ נְקֵבָה (nekevá) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hebrew: נשי \ נָשִׁי (nashí) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hindi: मादा (mādā) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hindi: नारी (nārī) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hungarian: nőnemű — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Hungarian: női — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ido: -in — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Indonesian: perempuan — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Indonesian: betina — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Interlingua: feminin (1, 2) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Irish: baineann — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Irish: baineannach — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Italian: femminile — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Japanese: 雌 (mesu) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Javanese: wadon — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Khmer: ស្ត្រីភេទ (strǝy pheet) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Kimaragang: tongondu — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Korean: 녀성 (nyeoseong) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Kumyk: тиши (tişi) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Central Kurdish: مێ (mê) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Northern Kurdish: mê — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latin: fēmineus — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Latvian: sieviešu dzimtes- — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Lezgi: паб (pab) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Lithuanian: moteriškas — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Macedonian: женски (ženski) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: ڤرمڤوان — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: بتينا — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: perempuan — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Malay: betina — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Manchu: ᡥᡝᡥᡝ (hehe) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Manx: bwoirrin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: uha — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: uwha — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: tamahine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: wahine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Māori: kouwha — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Central Melanau: mahou — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Middle English: femele — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Middle English: femynyne — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Mongghul: nine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tagal Murut: lupoh — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tagal Murut: puunan — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Nanai: асиа (asia) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Niuean: fifine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Niuean: tagata fifine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvinnelig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hun- — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunn- — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunlig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunnlig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvinneleg — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ho- — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: holeg — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Occitan: femenin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Occitan: femèla — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Old English: wīflīċ — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ossetian: мадӕл (madæl) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Persian: ماده (mâde) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Polish: żeński — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: fêmeo (1, 3) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: feminino (1, 2) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: mulheril — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: femeal — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: feminal — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: feminil — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Portuguese: femíneo — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romanian: feminin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romanian: femeiesc — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Romanian: muieresc — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Russian: же́нский (žénskij) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Scottish Gaelic: boireannach — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Scottish Gaelic: banail — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Serbo-Croatian: женски — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Serbo-Croatian: ženski — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sinhalese: ස්ත්රී (strī) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Slovak: ženský — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Slovene: ženski — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: femenino — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: hembra — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: feminal (disused) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: femenil — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: femíneo — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Spanish: mujeril — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Sundanese: bikang — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Swahili: kike — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Swedish: kvinnlig — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tabasaran: хпиб (ꭓpib) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Telugu: ఆడ (āḍa) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tetum: feton — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Thai: หญิง (yǐng) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tocharian B: klaiññe — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tongan: fefine — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Tupinambá: kunhã — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Turkish: dişi — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیشی (dişi) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Turkmen: urkaçy — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Ukrainian: жіно́чий (žinóčyj) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Urdu: زَنانَہ (zanāna) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: gái — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: nữ — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: mái — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Vietnamese: cái — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Volapük: vomik — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Volapük: jimenik — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Walloon: frumele — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Walloon: femrin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Welsh: benywaidd — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Welsh: benyw — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Woiwurrung: badjurr — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Yoruba: obìnrin — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Yoruba: abo — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Zazaki: maki (diq) — belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女性的 (nǚxìngde) — characteristic of the female sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌性的 (cíxìngde) — characteristic of the female sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌性 (cíxìng) — regulating female sexual characteristics
  • Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — having an internal socket
  • Catalan: femella — having an internal socket
  • Danish: hun- — having an internal socket
  • French: femelle — having an internal socket
  • Galician: femia — having an internal socket
  • Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós) — having an internal socket
  • Hungarian: nőstény — having an internal socket
  • Hungarian: anya — having an internal socket
  • Korean: 암형 (amhyeong) — having an internal socket
  • Norwegian: hunn- — having an internal socket
  • Polish: żeński — having an internal socket
  • Spanish: hembra — having an internal socket
  • Swedish: hon- — having an internal socket
  • Turkish: dişi — having an internal socket
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیشی (dişi) — having an internal socket
  • Walloon: frumele — having an internal socket
  • Gheg Albanian: femën — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Arabic: أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Arabic: أنثى (onsa) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Arabic: نتاية (netaya) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Arabic: نتوة (natwa) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Aramaic: ܢܩܒܬܐ (neqbəṯā) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Armenian: էգ (ēg) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Asturian: fema — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Avar: цӏуяб (cʼujab) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Azerbaijani: dişi — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Basque: eme — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Belarusian: жанчы́на (žančýna) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Belarusian: са́мка (sámka) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Belarusian: самі́ца (samíca) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Bulgarian: же́нска (žénska) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Bulgarian: са́мка (sámka) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Burmese: နာရီ (nari) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Burmese: မ (ma.) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Burmese: မိန်းမ (min:ma.) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Carpathian Rusyn: самі́ця (samícja) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Carpathian Rusyn: жена́ (žená) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Catalan: femella — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Chamicuro: molota — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Chechen: сте (ste) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女性 (nǚxìng) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Czech: žena — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Czech: samice — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Danish: kvinde — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Dutch: vrouw — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Esperanto: ino — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Estonian: emane — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Finnish: naaras — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Finnish: nainen — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Finnish: tyttö — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • French: femelle — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Galician: femia — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Georgian: ქალი (kali) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • German: Weib — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • German: Weibchen — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 (qinein) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Greek: θήλυ (thíly) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Greek: θηλυκό (thilykó) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Gujarati: સ્ત્રી (strī) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Hebrew: נקבה \ נְקֵבָה (nekevá) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Hindi: मादा (mādā) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Hindi: स्त्री (strī) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Hungarian: nőstény — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ido: femino — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Indonesian: perempuan — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Indonesian: betina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ingrian: nain — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ingush: се (se) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Interlingua: femina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Irish: baineannach — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Istriot: fimana — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Italian: femmina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Japanese: 女性 (josei) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Japanese: 雌 (mesu) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Javanese: wanita — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Kannada: ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (strī) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Kashubian: samica — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Kazakh: ұрғашы (ūrğaşy) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Khmer: ស្រី (srəy) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Khmer: ញី (ñii) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Korean: 암컷 (amkeot) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Kumyk: тиши (tişi) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Central Kurdish: مێ (mê) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Kyrgyz: ургаачы (urgaacı) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lao: ຍິງ (nying) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lao: ຜູ້ຍິງ (phū nying) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lao: ຕົວເມັຽ (tūa mīa) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Latin: fēmina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Latvian: sieviete — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Latvian: mātīte — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lithuanian: moteris — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lithuanian: moteriškė — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Lithuanian: patelė — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Low German: Seken — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Malay: ڤرمڤوان — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Malay: بتينا — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Malay: perempuan — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Malay: betina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Manx: bwoirrinagh — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Māori: wahine — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Marathi: स्त्री (strī) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Middle English: femele — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Navajo: aʼáád — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Navajo: tsaʼii — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Navajo: biʼáadii — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Norwegian: kvinne — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Occitan: femèla — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Odia: ନାରୀ (nāri) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Persian: زن (zan) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Persian: دختر (doxtar) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Persian: ماده (mâde) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Polish: samica — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Polish: kobieta — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Portuguese: fêmea — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Romanian: femelă — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Russian: са́мка (sámka) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Russian: же́нщина (žénščina) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Santali: ᱮᱝᱜᱚ (eṅgô) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Scottish Gaelic: boireannach — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Scottish Gaelic: bean — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Scottish Gaelic: tè — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: женка — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: ženka — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Sinhalese: ස්ත්රී (strī) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Slovak: žena — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Slovak: samica — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Slovene: ženska — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Slovene: samica — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Spanish: hembra — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Spanish: fembra (disused) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Spanish: fémina — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Swahili: jike — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Swedish: kvinna — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Tajik: зан (zan) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Tajik: мода (moda) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Thai: หญิง (yǐng) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Thai: ผู้หญิง (pûu-yǐng) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Thai: ตัวเมีย (dtuua-miia) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Tupinambá: kunhã — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Turkish: dişi — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Turkish: bayan — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیشی (dişi) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Turkmen: aýaal — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Turkmen: urkaçy — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ukrainian: жі́нка (žínka) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ukrainian: сами́ця (samýcja) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Ukrainian: са́мка (sámka) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Urdu: عَورَت ('aurat) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Urdu: خاتُون (xātūn) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Urdu: خَوَاتِین (xavātīn) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Urdu: رَن (ran) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Urdu: مادہ (māda) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Uyghur: چىشى (chishi) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Uzbek: ayol — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Uzbek: urgʻochi — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Venetan: fémena — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Vietnamese: nữ — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Vietnamese: cái — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Volapük: vom — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Volapük: jimen — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Walloon: frumele — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Welsh: benyw — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Yiddish: אישה (ishe) — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • ǃXóõ: qáe — one of the feminine sex or gender
  • Arabic: أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā) — animal of feminine sex
  • Aramaic: ܢܩܒܬܐ (neqbəṯā) — animal of feminine sex
  • Asturian: fema — animal of feminine sex
  • Azerbaijani: dişi — animal of feminine sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌性 (cíxìng) — animal of feminine sex
  • Czech: samice — animal of feminine sex
  • Danish: hun — animal of feminine sex
  • Danish: hundyr — animal of feminine sex
  • Dutch: wijfje — animal of feminine sex
  • Esperanto: femalo — animal of feminine sex
  • Estonian: emane — animal of feminine sex
  • Finnish: naaras — animal of feminine sex
  • Galician: femia — animal of feminine sex
  • German: Weibchen — animal of feminine sex
  • Hindi: मादा (mādā) — animal of feminine sex
  • Hungarian: nőstény — animal of feminine sex
  • Ingrian: imikko — animal of feminine sex
  • Japanese: 雌 (mesu) — animal of feminine sex
  • Jeju: 암컷 (amkeot) — animal of feminine sex
  • Korean: 암컷 (amkeot) — animal of feminine sex
  • Kumyk: тиши (tişi) — animal of feminine sex
  • Latvian: mātīte — animal of feminine sex
  • Māori: kouwha — animal of feminine sex
  • Māori: uwha — animal of feminine sex
  • Māori: wahine — animal of feminine sex
  • Middle English: femele — animal of feminine sex
  • Mongolian: охин амьтан (oxin amʹtan) — animal of feminine sex
  • Mongolian: эмэгчин (emegčin) — animal of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunn — animal of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunndyr — animal of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ho — animal of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hoe — animal of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hodyr — animal of feminine sex
  • Polish: samica — animal of feminine sex
  • Russian: са́мка (sámka) — animal of feminine sex
  • Lower Sorbian: samica — animal of feminine sex
  • Lower Sorbian: samka — animal of feminine sex
  • Upper Sorbian: sančka — animal of feminine sex
  • Spanish: hembra — animal of feminine sex
  • Spanish: fembra (disused) — animal of feminine sex
  • Swedish: hona — animal of feminine sex
  • Turkish: dişi — animal of feminine sex
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیشی (dişi) — animal of feminine sex
  • Ukrainian: сами́ця (samýcja) — animal of feminine sex
  • Ukrainian: са́мка (sámka) — animal of feminine sex
  • Urdu: مادَہ (māda) — animal of feminine sex
  • Vietnamese: cái — animal of feminine sex
  • Vietnamese: mái — animal of feminine sex
  • Volapük: jinim — animal of feminine sex
  • Welsh: benyw — animal of feminine sex
  • Asturian: fema — plant of feminine sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌株 (cízhū) — plant of feminine sex
  • Danish: hunplante — plant of feminine sex
  • Galician: femia — plant of feminine sex
  • Māori: kouwha — plant of feminine sex
  • Eastern Mari: ава (ava) — plant of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hunnplante — plant of feminine sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hoplante — plant of feminine sex
  • Spanish: fembra (disused) — plant of feminine sex
  • Spanish: hembra — plant of feminine sex
  • Volapük: jiplan — plant of feminine sex
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