Feminine Meaning and Definition


Published: 4 years ago

Updated: 4 years ago

Reading time: 3 minutes

What is the definition Feminine? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Synonyms, Example sentences, Related sentences, How to pronounce? Derivations, Words ending with Feminine, Words starting with Feminine and more...

Feminine meaning

Word: Feminine

How to pronounce: ˈfemɪnɪn

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women.

Example sentences: "A feminine frilled blouse"

2. Of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female.

Example sentences: "English is a great language - no masculine and feminine nouns, fewer tenses to our verbs and loads of nouns."

3. (of a cadence) occurring on a metrically weak beat.

Example sentences: "If, on the other hand, we accept the idea of an 'extra-light' feminine cadence, we obtain a pleasing rounded construction."

Noun

Definitions:

1. The female sex or gender.

Example sentences: "The association of the arts with the feminine"


Synonyms:

effeminate

womanly

womanish

ladylike

womanlike

women

feminine gender

woman

female


Antonyms:

masculine

male

manly

unfeminine

courageous


Derivations:

femininity

femininely


Keep in Mind

Images related to Feminine

Feminine meaning

Feminine definition

Feminine define


Feminine in Other Languages...

Spanish: Femenino

German: Weiblich

French: Féminin

Italian: Femminile

Turkish: Kadınsı


Review

Write a review


Feminine Words that start with F