What is "feminine" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does feminine mean in English? Meaning of feminine definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "feminine" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "feminine": a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Noun

  • Meaning: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
  • Synonyms: feminine
  • Hypernyms: gender grammatical gender
  • Meaning of "feminine": associated with women and not with men

    Adjective

  • Meaning: associated with women and not with men
  • Example: feminine intuition
  • Synonyms: feminine
  • Antonyms: masculine
  • Similar: distaff fair female maidenlike maidenly powder-puff
  • Also see: female feminine
  • Meaning of "feminine": of grammatical gender

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of grammatical gender
  • Synonyms: feminine
  • Antonyms: masculine neuter
  • Also see: feminine
  • Meaning of "feminine": befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

    Adjective

  • Meaning: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
  • Example: womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
  • Synonyms: feminine womanly
  • Antonyms: unwomanly
  • Similar: matronly womanlike
  • Meaning of "feminine": (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
  • Example: a feminine ending
  • Synonyms: feminine
  • Similar: unstressed
  • Adjective: Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.Belonging to females; typically used by females. Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive. John Milton: Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Thomas Babington Macaulay: Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Sir Walter Raleigh: Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.John Milton: Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.Thomas Babington Macaulay: Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.Sir Walter Raleigh: Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  • Synonyms:

    ladylike, soft, tender, womanly, female, dainty, effeminate, womanish,

    Antonyms:

    masculine, rough,

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    feminine in English: feminine
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