English-Thai Dictionary

feminine

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ เพศหญิง  เกี่ยวกับ ลักษณะ ของ ผู้หญิง  female pistillate womanlike womanly kiao-kab-ped-ying

 

femininely

ADV อย่าง อ่อนแอ คล้าย ผู้หญิง 

 

femininity

N ความเป็นผู้หญิง  femaleness feminineness womanliness kwam-pen-phu-yin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEMININE

a.[L. femininus, from femina, woman. The first syllable may be and probably is from wemb or womb, by the use of f for w; the b not being radical. The last part of the word is probably from man, quasi, femman, womb-man.] 1. Pertaining to a woman, or to women, or to females; as the female sex.
2. soft; tender; delicate.
Her heavenly form angelic, but more soft and feminine.
3. Effeminate; destitute of manly qualities.
4. In grammar, denoting the gender or words which signify females, or the terminations of such words. words are said to be of the feminine gender, when they denote females, or have the terminations proper to express females in any given language. Thus in L. dominus, a lord, is masculine; but domina, is mistress, a female.
Milton uses feminine as a noun, for female.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEMININE

Fem "i *nine, a. Etym: [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. fæmme woman, maid: cf. F. féminin. See Fetus. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

 

2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure- loving, effeminate. Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Milton. Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. Sir W. Raleigh.

 

FEMININE

FEMININE Fem "i *nine, n.

 

1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq. ] They guide the feminines toward the palace. Hakluyt.

 

2. (Gram. )

 

Defn: Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix. There are but few true feminines in English. Latham.

 

FEMININELY

FEMININELY Fem "i *nine *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a feminine manner. Byron.

 

FEMININENESS

FEMININENESS Fem "i *nine *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

 

FEMININE RHYME

FEMININE RHYME Feminine rhyme. (Pros.)

 

Defn: See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

 

Syn. -- See Female, a.

 

FEMININITY

FEMININITY Fem `i *nin "i *ty, n.

 

1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.

 

2. The female form. [Obs. ] O serpent under femininitee. Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

feminine

fem i nine |ˈfemənin ˈfɛmənən | ▶adjective 1 having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with women, esp. delicacy and prettiness: a feminine frilled blouse. • of or relating to women; female: he enjoys feminine company. 2 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female. 3 Music (of a cadence ) occurring on a metrically weak beat. ▶noun (the feminine ) the female sex or gender: the association of the arts with the feminine. • Grammar a feminine word or form. DERIVATIVES fem i nine ly adverb, fem i nine ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman. ’

 

feminine rhyme

fem i nine rhyme |ˈfɛmənən raɪm | ▶noun Prosody a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables (e.g., stocking / shocking, glamorous / amorous. ). Compare with masculine rhyme.

 

femininity

fem i nin i ty |ˌfeməˈninətē feməˈnɪnəti | ▶noun the quality of being female; womanliness: she celebrates her femininity by wearing makeup and high heels.

 

Oxford Dictionary

feminine

fem ¦in |ine |ˈfɛmɪnɪn | ▶adjective 1 having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness: the snowdrops gave a feminine touch to the table. • relating to women; female: he enjoys feminine company. 2 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female. ▶noun (the feminine ) 1 the female sex or gender: the association of the arts with the feminine. 2 Grammar a feminine word or form. DERIVATIVES femininely adverb, feminineness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman ’.

 

feminine rhyme

fem ¦in |ine rhyme ▶noun Prosody a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables (e.g. stocking / shocking, glamorous / amorous ). Compare with masculine rhyme.

 

femininity

fem ¦in |in ¦ity |ˌfɛmɪˈnɪnɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being female; womanliness: she celebrates her femininity by wearing make-up and high heels.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

feminine

feminine adjective 1 a very feminine young woman: womanly, ladylike; girlish; soft, delicate, gentle, graceful; informal girly. ANTONYMS masculine. 2 he seemed slightly feminine: effeminate, womanish, unmanly, effete, epicene; informal sissy, sissified, wimpy. ANTONYMS manly.

 

femininity

femininity noun she was a woman truly comfortable with her femininity: womanliness, feminineness, womanly qualities, feminine qualities.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

feminine

feminine adjective 1 a very feminine young woman: womanly, womanlike, ladylike, girlish, female; soft, delicate, gentle, tender, graceful, refined, modest; informal girly; archaic feminal. ANTONYMS masculine. 2 his friends thought him slightly feminine: effeminate, womanish, unmanly, unmasculine, effete, weak, soft, milksoppish; informal sissy, sissyish, wimpy, wimpish, limp-wristed, pansy-like, queeny. ANTONYMS manly; butch.

 

femininity

femininity noun she had always delighted in her femininity: womanliness, feminineness, womanhood, womanly qualities, feminine qualities. ANTONYMS masculinity.

 

Duden Dictionary

feminin

fe mi nin Adjektiv |f e minin auch …ˈniːn |lateinisch femininus, zu: femina = Frau, verwandt mit: fel (l )are (fellieren ) und eigentlich = die Säugende oder vielleicht = die sich saugen Lassende 1 a für die Frau charakteristisch, weiblich feminine Körperfunktionen b das Weibliche betonend ein feminines Parfüm | eine gute feminine Figur c oft abwertend (als Mann ) nicht die charakteristischen Eigenschaften eines Mannes habend, nicht männlich, zu weich, weibisch ein femininer Mann, Typ 2 Sprachwissenschaft mit weiblichem Geschlecht ein feminines Substantiv

 

Femininität

Fe mi ni ni tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Femininit ä t |die Femininität; Genitiv: der Femininität Feminität Maskulinität und Femininität schließen einander nicht aus

 

Femininum

Fe mi ni num Substantiv, Neutrum Sprachwissenschaft , das |F e mininum auch femiˈniːnʊm |das Femininum; Genitiv: des Femininums, Plural: die Feminina lateinisch (genus ) femininum a Substantiv, das weibliches Geschlecht hat b ohne Plural weibliches Geschlecht eines Nomens das Femininum dient nicht nur zur Bezeichnung von Lebewesen

 

French Dictionary

féminin

féminin , ine adj. et n. m. adjectif 1 Qui est propre à la femme, à la femelle. : Un enfant de sexe féminin. 2 Qui a les caractères de la femme. : Une grâce féminine. 3 grammaire Du genre grammatical marqué, quand il y a deux groupes. : Le nom épicière est féminin, de genre féminin; c ’est la forme féminine du nom épicier. nom masculin Abréviation fém. (s ’écrit avec un point ). grammaire Un des genres grammaticaux de la langue française qui s ’applique aux noms d ’êtres animés de sexe féminin et à de nombreux noms d ’êtres inanimés. : Sœur, musicienne, vache et biche sont des noms d ’êtres animés qui ont le féminin pour genre. Mer, plume, neige sont des noms d ’êtres inanimés dont le genre est le féminin. Le féminin de grand est grande. tableau – genre.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

feminine

fem i nine /fémənɪn /形容詞 (↔masculine )more ～; most ～1 女性らしい , 女性 (特有 )の ; 女性向き [好み ]の (!単に性別を示すfemaleと異なり, 女性の優しさ こまやかさなどの意を含むことが多い ) ▸ feminine hygiene problems 女性固有の生理上の問題 2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗女性の (female )▸ traditional feminine roles 伝統的な女性の役割 3 〈男が 〉女性のような, 女っぽい, 女々 （めめ ）しい ▸ his small feminine hands 彼の女性的な小さな手 4 比較なし 〘文法 〙女性の (｟略 ｠f., fem. )(→gender )▸ a feminine noun 女性名詞 名詞 〘文法 〙U 女性 (形 )(feminine gender );C 女性形 (の語 ).～̀ é nding 〘韻律 〙女性行末 〘行末の無強勢の音節 〙; 〘文法 〙女性語尾 .～̀ rh ý me 〘韻律 〙女性韻 〘2音節または3音節の語のうち, 第1音節だけにアクセントのあるものどうしの押韻; 例:fashionとpassion; hazinessとlaziness; ↔masculine rhyme 〙.

 

femininity

fem i nin i ty /fèmənɪ́nəti /名詞 U 1 女 (性 )らしさ .2 女性であること .3 〖集合的に 〗女性, 婦人 .