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 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 〙.