feminine
Of or pertaining to the female gender.
Other meanings
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.”
Synonyms
- beauty
Antonyms
- masculine
Related words
- antifeminine
- cisfeminine
- feminine caesura
- feminine ending
- feminine hygiene
- femininely
- feminineness
- feminine of center
- feminine product
- feminine rhyme
- femininism
- femininity
Word history
From Latin "fēminīnus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “feminine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.