feminine

Meanings

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.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂. Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.

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