Definition
Of or relating to women or having qualities associated with women; feminine.
Etymology
An archaic or variant spelling of 'feminine,' coming directly from Old French 'feminin' and Latin 'femininus.' This form is rarely used in modern English except in specialized or historical contexts.
Kelly Says
This older spelling shows how English spelling wasn't standardized until the 1800s—if you traveled back 400 years, you'd see the same word spelled 10 different ways!
Translations
CACatalà
feminí
feh-mi-ni
CSČeština
ženský
zhen-sky
DADansk
feminint
feh-mi-ni-nt
DEDeutsch
weiblich
vaib-lich
ELΕλληνικά
θηλυκός
the-li-kos
ESEspañol
femenino
feh-me-ni-no
FRFrançais
féminin
fay-mi-nen
IDBahasa Indonesia
perempuan
per-em-pu-an
ITItaliano
femminile
fem-mi-ni-le
MSBahasa Melayu
perempuan
per-em-pu-an
MYမြန်မာ
မိသားစု
mi-tha-sa-su
NLNederlands
vrouwelijk
vrou-we-li-k
NONorsk
feminint
feh-mi-ni-nt
PLPolski
kobiece
ko-bee-tsey
PTPortuguês
feminino
feh-mi-ni-no
RORomână
feminin
fe-mi-nin
RUРусский
женский
zhen-skiy
SVSvenska
feminint
feh-mi-ni-nt
SWKiswahili
mwanamke
mwa-na-m-ke
UKУкраїнська
жіночий
zhino-chyy
URاردو
خواتین
kha-wa-teen