feminine

adj. having qualities or an appearance that people usually think of as belonging to women.

adj. having qualities, traits, or an appearance traditionally or stereotypically associated with women.

“The room was decorated in a very feminine style with soft colors and flowers.”

“The designer's latest collection explores feminine silhouettes through the use of delicate fabrics and intricate floral embroidery.”

adj. connected with women or the female sex.

adj. pertaining to or characteristic of the female sex or gender.

“In some cultures, certain jobs are still seen as feminine roles.”

“The study examines how feminine identity is constructed within professional environments traditionally dominated by men.”

adj. belonging to a group of words in some languages that are treated as female.

adj. belonging to a grammatical gender class that is distinct from masculine or neuter in many inflected languages.

“In French, the word for 'table' is feminine, so you use 'la' instead of 'le'.”

“Learners of German often struggle to remember which nouns require the feminine definite article rather than the masculine or neuter forms.”

Technical

n. the category of feminine words in a language.

n. the feminine grammatical gender or a word belonging to that category.

“The teacher explained how to change an adjective from the masculine to the feminine.”

“The evolution of the feminine in Romance languages shows a significant departure from the three-gender system of Classical Latin.”

Technical