Feminine

  • 11Féminine — Féminité La féminité est l’ensemble des caractères morphologiques psychologiques et comportementaux propres aux femmes. Ils sont biologiquement liés au sexe et fortement influencés, voire conditionnés par l’environnement socioculturel. Ils sont… …

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  • 12feminine — I UK [ˈfemənɪn] / US adjective * 1) having qualities that are traditionally considered to be typical of women, for example being gentle and delicate The look this year is soft and feminine. Fresh flowers gave a feminine touch to the table.… …

    English dictionary

  • 13feminine — femininely, adv. feminineness, n. /fem euh nin/, adj. 1. pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress. 2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness. 3. effeminate; womanish: a man with a… …

    Universalium

  • 14feminine — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ He made her feel feminine. ▪ look ▪ She looked very feminine with her hair like that. ADVERB …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 15feminine — fem|i|nine [ˈfemının] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin femina woman ] 1.) having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and pretty ▪ Dianne loved pretty feminine things. 2.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16feminine — fem|i|nine [ femənın ] adjective * 1. ) having qualities that are traditionally considered to be typical of women, for example being gentle and delicate: The look this year is soft and feminine. Fresh flowers gave a feminine touch to the table.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17feminine — adjective 1 having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate and pretty: Dianne loved pretty feminine things. | his slim, feminine hand 2 a feminine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18feminine — [ˈfemənɪn] adj 1) having qualities that are traditionally considered to be typical of women Ant: masculine The look this year is soft and feminine.[/ex] conventional notions of feminine beauty[/ex] 2) linguistics in some languages, feminine nouns …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 19feminine — fem•i•nine [[t]ˈfɛm ə nɪn[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls: feminine attire[/ex] 2) off having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness 3) effeminate;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20feminine — /ˈfɛmənən / (say femuhnuhn) adjective 1. relating to a woman. 2. characterised by qualities possessed, or traditionally thought to be possessed, by women. 3. belonging to the female sex. 4. Grammar denoting or relating to one of the three genders …