FEMININE


Meaning of FEMININE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ femɪnɪn ]

1.

Feminine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of women, in contrast to men.

...male leaders worrying about their women abandoning traditional feminine roles.

...a manufactured ideal of feminine beauty.

= female

≠ masculine

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

Someone or something that is feminine has qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.

I’ve always been attracted to very feminine, delicate women...

The bedroom has a light, feminine look.

≠ masculine

ADJ [ approval ]

3.

In some languages, a feminine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way.

ADJ

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