Standard Lemma guide

femininity

noun · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • /fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feminineness, womanlikeness

Antonyms: manlikeness, masculinity

2

noun

Meaning 2

the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muliebrity

Antonyms: masculinity

Broader terms: trait

Narrower terms: womanliness, womanlike, ladylikeness, maidenliness, girlishness, effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness

History

Etymology

From Middle English femynynytee, femyninytee, variants of femynyte (archaic modern English feminity), equivalent to feminine + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اُنوثة — femininity
  • Bashkir: нәфислек (nəfislek) — femininity
  • Bashkir: мөләйемлек (möləyemlek) — femininity
  • Bashkir: гүзәллек (güzəllek) — femininity
  • Bashkir: күркәмлек (kürkəmlek) — femininity
  • Belarusian: жано́цкасць (žanóckascʹ) — femininity
  • Catalan: feminitat — femininity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 婦女特質 /妇女特质 (fùnǚ tèzhì) — femininity
  • West Circassian: бзылъфыгъагъ (bzəlsfəğağ) — femininity
  • Czech: ženskost — femininity
  • Czech: ženství — femininity
  • Danish: kvindelighed — femininity
  • Dutch: vrouwelijkheid — femininity
  • Esperanto: ineco — femininity
  • Estonian: naiselikkus — femininity
  • Finnish: naisellisuus — femininity
  • Finnish: feminiinisyys — femininity
  • French: féminité — femininity
  • Galician: feminidade — femininity
  • Georgian: ქალურობა (kaluroba) — femininity
  • German: Weiblichkeit — femininity
  • German: Fraulichkeit — femininity
  • Greek: θηλυκότητα (thilykótita) — femininity
  • Hindi: स्त्रीत्व (strītva) — femininity
  • Hindi: नारीत्व (nārītva) — femininity
  • Hindi: स्त्रीता (strītā) — femininity
  • Hindi: स्त्रैणता (straiṇtā) — femininity
  • Irish: bandacht — femininity
  • Irish: banúlacht — femininity
  • Italian: femminilità — femininity
  • Japanese: 女らしさ (onna-rashisa) — femininity
  • Japanese: 女性性 (joseisei) — femininity
  • Kazakh: әйелдік (äieldık) — femininity
  • Latvian: sievišķīgums — femininity
  • Latvian: sievišķība — femininity
  • Manx: bwoirrinid — femininity
  • Manx: bwoirrinys — femininity
  • Marathi: बाईपण (bāīpaṇ) — femininity
  • Marathi: स्त्रीत्व (strītva) — femininity
  • Middle English: femynyte — femininity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femininitet — femininity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femininitet — femininity
  • Old English: wīfhād — femininity
  • Persian: زنانگی (zanânegi) — femininity
  • Polish: kobiecość — femininity
  • Polish: żeńskość — femininity
  • Portuguese: feminilidade — femininity
  • Portuguese: feminidade — femininity
  • Romanian: feminitate — femininity
  • Russian: же́нственность (žénstvennostʹ) — femininity
  • Serbo-Croatian: жѐнствено̄ст — femininity
  • Serbo-Croatian: же̏нско̄ст — femininity
  • Serbo-Croatian: žènstvenōst — femininity
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȅnskōst — femininity
  • Slovak: ženskosť — femininity
  • Spanish: feminidad — femininity
  • Spanish: femineidad — femininity
  • Tajik: занонагӣ (zanonagi) — femininity
  • Tamil: பெண்மை (peṇmai) — femininity
  • Tatar: нәфислелек (näfislelek) — femininity
  • Tatar: мөлаемлылык (mölayımlılıq) — femininity
  • Tatar: гүзәллек (güzällek) — femininity
  • Tatar: йомшаклык (yomşaqlıq) — femininity
  • Telugu: ఆడతనం (āḍatanaṁ) — femininity
  • Ukrainian: жіно́чість (žinóčistʹ) — femininity
Real reading context

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