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feminine

adjective noun

associated with women and not with men

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
F
Ends with
E
Contains
EM
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈfɛmɪnɪn

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. associated with women and not with men

    “feminine intuition”

adjective

  1. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

    “womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion”

adjective

  1. female (of grammatical gender)

adjective

  1. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

    “a feminine ending”

noun

  1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

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Example Sentences

feminine intuition
womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
a feminine ending

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