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femme fatale
femme fa·tale F0076400 (fĕm′ fə-tăl′, -täl′, făm′)n. pl. femmes fa·tales (fĕm′ fə-tăl′, -tălz′, -täl′, -tälz′, făm′) An alluring and seductive woman, especially one who leads men into compromising and dangerous situations.
[French : femme, woman + fatale, deadly.]femme fatale (fam fatal; English ˈfɛm fəˈtæl; -ˈtɑːl) n, pl femmes fatales (fam fatal; English ˈfɛm fəˈtælz; -ˈtɑːlz) an alluring or seductive woman, esp one who causes men to love her to their own distress[fatal woman]femme fa•tale (ˌfɛm fəˈtæl, -ˈtɑl, feɪ-)
n., pl. femmes fa•tales (ˌfɛm fəˈtælz, -ˈtɑlz, feɪ-) an irresistibly attractive woman, esp. one who leads men into danger or disaster; siren. [< French: literally, fatal woman] femme fataleA French phrase meaning fatal woman, used to mean a woman who is very attractive to men and who often leads them into trouble.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  femme fatale - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductiveenchantress, temptress, Delilah, sirenadult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
femme fatale (French)noun seductress, siren, charmer, vamp (informal), Circe, enchantress the allure of the femme fatalefemme fatalenounA usually unscrupulous woman who seduces or exploits men:enchantress, seductress, siren, temptress.Informal: vamp, witch.Translationsfemme fatale
femme fataleA mysterious and attractive woman who puts men in dangerous or compromising situations. James Bond is always able to see through the evil plot of the femme fatale.See also: fatale, femme(be) a ˌfemme faˈtale (from French) a beautiful woman that men find sexually attractive but who brings them trouble or unhappiness: The movie follows the relationship between sexy femme fatale Suzy and young lawyer Jim, which eventually leads to a murderous crime of passion.The meaning of the French expression is ‘disastrous woman’.See also: fatale, femmefemme fataleAn attractive woman who is, for one reason or another, dangerous. French for “fatal woman,” the term has been used in English since about 1900, and today it is often used more ironically than seriously. Michael Arlen used it in The Green Hat (1924): “So you heard about it from that femme fatale, did you?” Much more recently Richard Dyer used it in the sense of “very glamorous” in describing the singer who played the leading role in the opera Carmen: “She’s physically and vocally limber, and revels in her femme-fatale look” (Boston Globe, March 24, 2005).See also: fatale, femmefemme fatale
Synonyms for femme fatalenoun seductressSynonyms- seductress
- siren
- charmer
- vamp
- Circe
- enchantress
Synonyms for femme fatalenoun a usually unscrupulous woman who seduces or exploits menSynonyms- enchantress
- seductress
- siren
- temptress
- vamp
- witch
Synonyms for femme fatalenoun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductiveSynonyms- enchantress
- temptress
- Delilah
- siren
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