Feminine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of women, in contrast to men.
Women all over the world are abandoning traditional feminine roles.
...a manufactured ideal of feminine beauty.
2. adjective
Someone or something that is feminine has qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.
[approval]
I've always been attracted to very feminine, delicate women.
The bedroom has a light, feminine look.
3. adjective
In some languages, a feminine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way.
More Synonyms of feminine
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feminine in British English
(ˈfɛmɪnɪn)
adjective
1.
suitable to or characteristic of a woman
a feminine fashion
2.
possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a woman
3.
effeminate; womanish
4. grammar
a.
denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some female animate referents
b.
(as noun)
German Zeit 'time' and Ehe 'marriage' are feminines
Derived forms
femininely (ˈfemininely)
adverb
feminineness (ˈfeminineness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina woman
feminine in American English
(ˈfɛmənɪn)
adjective
1.
female; of women or girls
2.
having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, or modesty
3.
suitable to or characteristic of a woman; womanly
4.
effeminate; womanish
said of a man
5. Grammar
designating, of, or belonging to the gender of words denoting, or referring to, females as well as many other words to which no distinction of sex is attributed
6. Music
designating or of a cadence ending on an unaccented note or chord
7. Prosody
a.
ending with an unstressed syllable, as a line of verse
b.
designating or of a rhyme in which the rhyming elements have two, or sometimes three, syllables of which only the first is stressed (Ex.: danger, stranger)
noun Grammar
8.
the feminine gender
9.
a word or form in this gender
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfeˌmale
Derived forms
femininely (ˈfemininely)
adverb
femininity (ˌfemiˈninity)
noun
Word origin
ME < OFr < L femininus < femina, woman
Examples of 'feminine' in a sentence
feminine
It looked feminine - and not in a good way.
The Sun (2017)
They are both light and feminine, with rose top notes and a girly feel without being sweet or sickly.
The Sun (2016)
Just a strong, feminine look.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I didn't want my face to look more feminine.
The Sun (2016)
They are always looking for something softer and feminine to recall their femininity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They wanted us to look beautiful and feminine.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It will certainly stretch his imagination and boost his awareness of his feminine side.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Team with lace in tonal colours for a feminine look.
The Sun (2016)
Perhaps too there is something quintessentially feminine about the hang.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Is he in touch with his feminine side?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She hoped to raise enough money to fund surgery to make her body look more feminine.
The Sun (2015)
Eight glasses a day is what her doctor recommended to her as one of those feminine beauty tricks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The governor says that this shows her in a feminine light, and could help her ambitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Overall, this collection was pretty and feminine.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the flesh she is a teeny, tiny woman and extremely feminine and pretty.
The Sun (2011)
When done correctly, there is something very feminine about white leather.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was doing the most feminine thing a woman can do and it felt fantastic.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I wrote a real love story and a homage to feminine beauty, especially interior beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She was a strong but feminine woman and I identify with her as a character.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For a soft, feminine look ideal for wedding season, tone down the trend with pretty nudes.
The Sun (2013)
And feminine beauty - unlike a painting or a gem - is perceived to have a limited life span.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He offered financial support and I provided sparkling feminine company, always fitting in with his schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
feminine
British English: feminine /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/ ADJECTIVE
Feminine means relating to women or considered typical of or suitable for them.
...traditional feminine roles.
American English: feminine
Arabic: مُؤَنَّث
Brazilian Portuguese: feminino
Chinese: 女性的
Croatian: ženski
Czech: ženský
Danish: feminin
Dutch: vrouwelijk
European Spanish: femenino
Finnish: naisellinen
French: féminin
German: feminin
Greek: γυναικείος
Italian: femminile
Japanese: 女らしい
Korean: 여자다운
Norwegian: feminin
Polish: kobiecy
European Portuguese: feminino
Romanian: feminin
Russian: женский
Latin American Spanish: femenino
Swedish: feminin
Thai: เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง
Turkish: kadınsı
Ukrainian: жіночий
Vietnamese: nữ tính
Chinese translation of 'feminine'
feminine
(ˈfɛmɪnɪn)
adj
[clothes, behaviour]女性的 (nǚxìng de)
(Ling) 阴(陰)性的 (yīnxìng de)
(adjective)
Definition
possessing qualities considered typical of or appropriate to a woman
traditional expectations of feminine behaviour
Synonyms
female
the womanly virtues so valued by nineteenth-century European society
womanly
the womanly virtues so valued by nineteenth-century European society
girlish
girlie (informal)
ladylike
Additional synonyms
in the sense of womanly
Definition
possessing qualities generally regarded as typical of, or appropriate to, a woman
the womanly virtues so valued by nineteenth-century European society