| ADJECTIVE | all | feminine | associated with women and not with men |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | feminine | of grammatical gender | |
| all | feminine, womanly | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | |
| all | feminine | (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable | |
| NOUN | communication | feminine | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female |
| Sounds | feh'mahnahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | associated with women and not with men. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "feminine intuition" | |
| Narrower | fair | attractively feminine |
| female, distaff | characteristic of or peculiar to a woman | |
| maidenlike, maidenly | befitting or characteristic of a maiden | |
| powder-puff | Used of competitive activities in which only women take part | |
| See also | female | The sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop |
| feminine | Of grammatical gender | |
| Opposite | masculine | associated with men and not with women |
| Spanish | femenil, femenino, feminino | |
| Nouns | feminineness | the properties characteristic of the female sex |
| femininity | the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | |
| Meaning | Of grammatical gender. | |
|---|---|---|
| See also | feminine | associated with women and not with men |
| Opposite | masculine | Of grammatical gender |
| neuter | Of grammatical gender | |
| Spanish | femenino | |
| Nouns | feminine | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female |
| Meaning | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | womanly | |
| Narrower | matronly | befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman |
| womanlike | resembling a woman | |
| Opposite | unwomanly | not womanly |
| Spanish | femenino | |
| Nouns | feminineness | the properties characteristic of the female sex |
| Meaning | (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a feminine ending" | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | unstressed | not bearing a stress or accent |
| Spanish | femenino | |
| Meaning | A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | gender, grammatical gender | A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives |
| Spanish | femenino | |
| Catalan | femení | |
| Adjectives | feminine | of grammatical gender |
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