feminine

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• /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/
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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 *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine 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.

303 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — of the female sex
• Amharic: የሴት (yäset) — of the female sex
• Arabic: نِسَائِيّ (nisāʔiyy) — of the female sex
• Armenian: իգական (igakan) — of the female sex
• Australian Kriol: gelwan — of the female sex
• Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy) — of the female sex
• Belarusian: жано́цкі (žanócki) — of the female sex
• Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — of the female sex
• Chinese Mandarin: 女性的 — of the female sex
• Czech: ženský — of the female sex
• Danish: kvindelig — of the female sex
• Esperanto: ina — of the female sex
• Faroese: kvinnuligur — of the female sex
• Finnish: naispuolinen — of the female sex
• Finnish: naaras- — of the female sex
• Finnish: naaraspuolinen — of the female sex
• French: féminin — of the female sex
• West-Frisian: froulik — of the female sex
• Galician: feminino — of the female sex
• Georgian: მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti) — of the female sex
• Georgian: ქალური (kaluri) — of the female sex
• German: feminin — of the female sex
• German: weiblich — of the female sex
• Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós) — of the female sex
• Ancient Greek: θῆλυς (thêlus) — of the female sex
• Hindi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ) — of the female sex
• Hungarian: női — of the female sex
• Hungarian: nőstény — of the female sex
• Hungarian: nőnemű — of the female sex
• Indonesian: feminin — of the female sex
• Irish: baineann — of the female sex
• Italian: femminile — of the female sex
• Japanese: 女らしい (onnarashii) — of the female sex
• Japanese: 女性らしい (joseirashii) — of the female sex
• Japanese: 女の (onna no) — of the female sex
• Kazakh: әйелдік (äieldık) — of the female sex
• Korean: 여자답다 (yeojadapda) — of the female sex
• Korean: 녀자답다 (nyeojadapda) — of the female sex
• Latin: fēminīnus — of the female sex
• Latvian: sievišķīgs — of the female sex
• Latvian: sievišķs — of the female sex
• Latvian: sieviešu — of the female sex
• Manx: bwoirrin — of the female sex
• Marathi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ) — of the female sex
• Norwegian Bokmål: feminin — of the female sex
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feminin — of the female sex
• Odia: ସ୍ତ୍ରୈଣ (straiṇa) — of the female sex
• Pashto: ښځينه (ẍëźina) — of the female sex
• Polish: żeński — of the female sex
• Portuguese: feminino — of the female sex
• Punjabi: ਜ਼ਨਾਨਾ (zanānā) — of the female sex
• Punjabi: زَنانہ (zanānh) — of the female sex
• Russian: же́нский (žénskij) — of the female sex
• Slovak: ženský — of the female sex
• Spanish: femenino — of the female sex
• Swedish: kvinnlig — of the female sex
• Swedish: feminin — of the female sex
• Tocharian B: klaiññe — of the female sex
• Turkish: dişil — of the female sex
• Tyap: a̱nap — of the female sex
• Ukrainian: жіно́чий (žinóčyj) — of the female sex
• Vietnamese: nữ giới — of the female sex
• Volapük: vomik — of the female sex
• Zazaki: maki (diq) — of the female sex
• Zazaki: mayki (diq) — of the female sex
• Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — belonging to females
• Armenian: կնոջ (knoǰ) — belonging to females
• Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy) — belonging to females
• Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — belonging to females
• Catalan: femení — belonging to females
• Catalan: femenívol — belonging to females
• Cebuano: pangbabaye — belonging to females
• Chinese Mandarin: 女性的 — belonging to females
• Danish: kvinde- — belonging to females
• Danish: feminin — belonging to females
• Finnish: naisten — belonging to females
• French: féminin — belonging to females
• West-Frisian: froulik — belonging to females
• Georgian: ქალური (kaluri) — belonging to females
• German: feminin — belonging to females
• German: weiblich — belonging to females
• Greek: γυναικείος (gynaikeíos) — belonging to females
• Hindi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ) — belonging to females
• Hungarian: női — belonging to females
• Indonesian: feminin — belonging to females
• Italian: femminile — belonging to females
• Japanese: 女性の (josei no) — belonging to females
• Korean: 여성의 (yeoseong-ui) — belonging to females
• Korean: 녀성의 (nyeoseong-ui) — belonging to females
• Latin: femininus — belonging to females
• Latvian: sievišķīgs — belonging to females
• Latvian: sievišķs — belonging to females
• Latvian: sieviešu — belonging to females
• Macedonian: женски (ženski) — belonging to females
• Manx: bwoirrin — belonging to females
• Norwegian Bokmål: feminin — belonging to females
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feminin — belonging to females
• Pashto: ښځينه (ẍëźina) — belonging to females
• Portuguese: feminino — belonging to females
• Russian: же́нский (žénskij) — belonging to females
• Slovak: ženský — belonging to females
• Slovak: dievčenský — belonging to females
• Spanish: femenil — belonging to females
• Spanish: de mujeres — belonging to females
• Spanish: femenino — belonging to females
• Swedish: kvinnlig — belonging to females
• Swedish: feminin — belonging to females
• Ukrainian: жіно́чий (žinóčyj) — belonging to females
• Volapük: vomik — belonging to females
• Zazaki: maykek — belonging to females
• Zazaki: nerimako — belonging to females
• Albanian: femëror — having the qualities associated with women
• Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — having the qualities associated with women
• Armenian: կանացի (kanacʻi) — having the qualities associated with women
• Aromanian: feamin — having the qualities associated with women
• Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy) — having the qualities associated with women
• Belarusian: жано́цкі (žanócki) — having the qualities associated with women
• Bulgarian: же́нствен (žénstven) — having the qualities associated with women
• Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — having the qualities associated with women
• Catalan: femenívol — having the qualities associated with women
• Chinese Mandarin: 女性的 — having the qualities associated with women
• Danish: kvindelig — having the qualities associated with women
• Danish: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Esperanto: ina — having the qualities associated with women
• Finnish: naisellinen — having the qualities associated with women
• Finnish: feminiininen — having the qualities associated with women
• Finnish: naismainen — having the qualities associated with women
• Finnish: napsu — having the qualities associated with women
• French: féminin — having the qualities associated with women
• West-Frisian: froulik — having the qualities associated with women
• Galician: feminino — having the qualities associated with women
• Georgian: ქალური (kaluri) — having the qualities associated with women
• German: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• German: weiblich — having the qualities associated with women
• Greek: γυναικείος (gynaikeíos) — having the qualities associated with women
• Hindi: स्त्रैण (straiṇ) — having the qualities associated with women
• Hungarian: nőies — having the qualities associated with women
• Indonesian: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Irish: baineann — having the qualities associated with women
• Middle Irish: banamail — having the qualities associated with women
• Italian: femminile — having the qualities associated with women
• Japanese: 女性的な (joseiteki na) — having the qualities associated with women
• Japanese: 女らしい (onnarashii) — having the qualities associated with women
• Japanese: フェミニンな — having the qualities associated with women
• Korean: 나약하다 (nayakhada) — having the qualities associated with women
• Korean: 여자답다 (yeojadapda) — having the qualities associated with women
• Korean: 녀자답다 (nyeojadapda) — having the qualities associated with women
• Latin: fēminīnus — having the qualities associated with women
• Latin: muliebris — having the qualities associated with women
• Latvian: sievišķīgs — having the qualities associated with women
• Latvian: sievišķs — having the qualities associated with women
• Latvian: sieviešu — having the qualities associated with women
• Lithuanian: moteriškas — having the qualities associated with women
• Macedonian: женствен (ženstven) — having the qualities associated with women
• Macedonian: женски (ženski) — having the qualities associated with women
• Manx: benoil — having the qualities associated with women
• Manx: bwoirrin — having the qualities associated with women
• Marathi: बायकी (bāykī) — having the qualities associated with women
• Norwegian Bokmål: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Pashto: ښځينه (ẍëźina) — having the qualities associated with women
• Persian: زنانه (zanâna) — having the qualities associated with women
• Polish: kobiecy — having the qualities associated with women
• Portuguese: feminino — having the qualities associated with women
• Punjabi: ਜ਼ਨਾਨਾ (zanānā) — having the qualities associated with women
• Punjabi: زَنانہ (zanānh) — having the qualities associated with women
• Romanian: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Romanian: femeiesc — having the qualities associated with women
• Russian: же́нский (žénskij) — having the qualities associated with women
• Russian: же́нственный (žénstvennyj) — having the qualities associated with women
• Russian: феминный (feminnyj) — having the qualities associated with women
• Scottish Gaelic: banail — having the qualities associated with women
• Slovak: ženský — having the qualities associated with women
• Spanish: femenino — having the qualities associated with women
• Swedish: kvinnlig — having the qualities associated with women
• Swedish: feminin — having the qualities associated with women
• Turkish: feminen — having the qualities associated with women
• Turkish: kadınsı — having the qualities associated with women
• Ukrainian: жіно́чий (žinóčyj) — having the qualities associated with women
• Ukrainian: жіно́чний (žinóčnyj) — having the qualities associated with women
• Ukrainian: жіно́цький (žinócʹkyj) — having the qualities associated with women
• Vietnamese: nữ tính — having the qualities associated with women
• Volapük: vomik — having the qualities associated with women
• Zazaki: feminem — having the qualities associated with women
• Albanian: femëror — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Southern Altai: тижи (tiži) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Arabic: مُؤَنَّث (muʔannaṯ) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Armenian: իգական (igakan) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Belarusian: жано́чы (žanóčy) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Breton: benel — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Cebuano: pangbabaye — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Chechen: зударийн род (zudariı̇n rod) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰性的 /阴性的 — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Cornish: benow — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Czech: ženský — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Danish: hunkøns- — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Dutch: vrouwelijk — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Finnish: feminiininen — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• French: féminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Galician: feminino — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Georgian: მდედრობითი სქესი (mdedrobiti skesi) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Georgian: მდედრობითი (mdedrobiti) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• German: feminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• German: weiblich — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Ancient Greek: θηλυκός (thēlukós) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Hebrew: נקבה (nekeva) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Hindi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Hungarian: nőnemű — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Icelandic: kvenkyns- — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Indonesian: feminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Irish: baininscneach — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Italian: femminile — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Japanese: 女性 (josei) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Khmer: ភេទស្រី (pheitsrəy) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Korean: 녀성 (nyeoseong) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Latin: fēminīnus — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Latvian: sieviešu — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Latvian: sieviešu dzimtes — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Lithuanian: moteriškos giminės — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Lithuanian: moteriškas — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Macedonian: женски (ženski) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Maltese: femminili — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Manx: bwoirrin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Marathi: स्त्रीलिंगी (strīliṅgī) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Neapolitan: femminile — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Norwegian Bokmål: feminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Norwegian Bokmål: hunkjønn — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Occitan: femenin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Pashto: ښځينه (ẍëźina) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Polish: żeński — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Portuguese: feminino — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Punjabi: زَنانہ (zanānh) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Punjabi: ਇਸਤਰੀਲਿੰਗ (isatrīliṅg) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Russian: же́нский (žénskij) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Scottish Gaelic: boireann — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐнскӣ — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Serbo-Croatian: žènskī — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Slovak: ženský — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Slovene: ženski — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Upper Sorbian: žónski ród — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Spanish: femenino — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Swedish: feminin — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Telugu: స్త్రీలింగము (strīliṅgamu) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Turkish: dişil — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Ukrainian: жіно́чий (žinóčyj) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Urdu: مُؤَنَّث (muannas) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Vietnamese: giống cái — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Volapük: vomik — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Welsh: benywaidd — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Yiddish: פֿעמינין (feminin) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Zazaki: mayki (diq) — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Zazaki: mari — of the feminine grammatical gender distinction
• Dutch: vrouwelijke — that which is feminine
• Greek: θηλυκό (thilykó) — that which is feminine
• Latvian: sievišķīgais — that which is feminine
• Arabic: مُؤَنَّث (muʔannaṯ) — (grammar)
• Belarusian: жано́чы род (žanóčy rod) — (grammar)
• Breton: benel — (grammar)
• Bulgarian: же́нски род (žénski rod) — (grammar)
• Burmese: ဣတ္ထိလိင် (ithti.ling) — (grammar)
• Catalan: femení — (grammar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰性 /阴性 (yīnxìng) — (grammar)
• Czech: ženský rod — (grammar)
• Danish: femininum — (grammar)
• Esperanto: ingenro — (grammar)
• Esperanto: femineno — (grammar)
• Finnish: feminiini — (grammar)
• French: féminin — (grammar)
• West-Frisian: froulik — (grammar)
• German: Femininum — (grammar)
• Greek: θηλυκό (thilykó) — (grammar)
• Hindi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg) — (grammar)
• Hungarian: nőnem — (grammar)
• Irish: baininscne — (grammar)
• Italian: femminile — (grammar)
• Japanese: 女性 (josei) — (grammar)
• Khmer: ឥត្ថីលិង្គ (ət'thəj-ləŋ) — (grammar)
• Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) — (grammar)
• Latvian: sieviešu dzimte — (grammar)
• Lithuanian: moteriškoji giminė — (grammar)
• Marathi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga) — (grammar)
• Mongolian: эм хүйс (em xüjs) — (grammar)
• Occitan: femenin — (grammar)
• Pashto: ښځينه (ẍëźina) — (grammar)
• Persian: مؤنث (mo'annas) — (grammar)
• Polish: rodzaj żeński — (grammar)
• Portuguese: feminino — (grammar)
• Russian: же́нский род (žénskij rod) — (grammar)
• Sanskrit: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (strīliṅga) — (grammar)
• Slovak: ženský rod — (grammar)
• Spanish: femenino — (grammar)
• Swedish: femininum — (grammar)
• Tamil: பெண்பால் (peṇpāl) — (grammar)
• Turkish: dişil — (grammar)
• Ukrainian: жіно́чий рід (žinóčyj rid) — (grammar)
• Vietnamese: giống cái — (grammar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰性詞 /阴性词 — a word of the feminine gender
• Hungarian: nőnemű alak — a word of the feminine gender
• Slovak: slovo ženského rodu — a word of the feminine gender