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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

[ English

[ Pronunciation

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[ Etymology

From Old French femelle, from Mediaeval Latin femella "a female", from Latin femella "a young female, a girl", diminutive of femina "a woman".

[ Adjective

female (not comparable)

1. Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as the one associated with the larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made).
2. (figuratively, electronics) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

[ Synonyms

• (figuratively) socket

[ Antonyms

• male
• neuter

[ Translations

belonging to thee sex with larger, fertilizable gametes

Arabic: أنْثَى (’únθa) Basque: eme Bulgarian: женски bg(bg) (žénski) m., женска bg(bg) (žénska) f. Catalan: femení m., femenina f. Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) Chinese: 女性 (nǚxìng) Danish: hun- or hunlig (of plants and animals); kvindelig (of humans) (1,2 & 3) Dutch: vrouwelijk nl(nl) Esperanto: ina eo(eo) Finnish: naispuolinen fi(fi), nais- fi(fi) French: féminin fr(fr) German: weiblich de(de) Greek: θηλυκός el(el) m. (thilykós) Guarani: kuña Hebrew: נקבה (nekeva) (2), נשי (nashi) (1) Hungarian: nőstény Ido: -in Indonesian: perempuan id(id), wanita id(id), betina id(id)

Interlingua: femina (attributive) (1); feminin (1,2) Italian: femminile it(it) Japanese: 雌 (めす, mesu) Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) Kurdish: مێ ku(ku) Latin: feminina, -ae f. Norwegian: kvinnelig Novial: femal Polish: płci żeńskiej, samica f., samiczy m., samicza f., samicze n., kobiecy m., -a f., -e n. Portuguese: fêmea f. (1,3); feminino m., feminina f. (1,2) Russian: женский ru(ru) (žénskij) Scottish Gaelic: boireannach n., banail f. Serbian: женка, ženka Spanish: femenino m., femenina f. Telugu: ఆడ (aaDa) Tupinambá: kunhã

having an internal socket

Korean: 암형 ko(ko) (amhyeong)

[ Noun

Singular female

Plural females

female (plural females)

1. Someone of feminine sex or gender.
2. Something of feminine sex or gender.

[ Translations

Albanian: femër Arabic: أنْثَى (’únθa) Basque: eme Bulgarian: женска (žénska) f. Catalan: femella f. Chinese: 女性 (nǚxìng) Croatian: ženkaf. (2) Danish: kvinde da(da) c. Dutch: vrouw nl(nl) c. Esperanto: ino Finnish: naaras (2) French: femelle fr(fr) f. German: Weibchen n. (2) Greek: θήλυ (thíli) Hungarian: nőstény (2) Ido: femino

Interlingua: femina Italian: femmina it(it) f. Latin: femina la(la) f. Japanese: 女性 ja(ja) Korean: 여성 (yeoseong) Kurdish: مێ Latin: feminina, -ae f. Norwegian: kvinne no(no) Novial: femala Persian: زن (zan), دختر (dokhtar) Polish: samica f. (insulting if used to describe a woman), kobieta f. Portuguese: fêmea f. Russian: самка (sámka) f. Scottish Gaelic: boireannach m., bean f., tè f. Slovene: ženska f., samica f. (with animals) Spanish: hembra es(es) f. Tupinambá: kunhã

[ See also

• ♀ (Symbol for female)