female (English)

Etymology

From - femele|lang=fro, from - femella||a female, from - femella||a young female, a girl|lang=la, diminutive of - |a woman|lang=la. The English spelling was remodelled under the influence of male, which is not etymologically related. Compare man and woman.

Pronunciation

  • - US

    /ˈfiː.meɪl/

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    • Adjective

    -

    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), which in humans and many other species is the sex which produces eggs.

    - electronics Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

    Synonyms

  • woman, feminine

  • figuratively

    socket

    • Coordinate terms

  • male
  • neuter

    • Translations

    belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes

  • Arabic - أنْثَى (’únθa)
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - أنثى|f|tr=onθa or onsa|sc=Arab, - arz|نتاية|f|tr=netaya|sc=Arab
  • Armenian - իգական|tr=igakan
  • Basque: eme
  • Bulgariska - женски
    • , женска
  • Catalan: femení , femenina
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv)
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - cmn|女|tr=nǚ|sc=Hani, - cmn|母|tr=mǔ|sc=Hani, - cmn|雌|tr=cí|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - samičí
    • - cs|ženský

    of humans

  • Dalmatian - femia|f
  • Danska - hun-
  • Danska - hunlig
  • Danska - kvindelig
    • (of humans) (1,2 & 3)
  • Holländska - vrouwelijk
  • Esperanto - ina|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - naispuolinen
    • , naispuolinen
  • Franska - féminin
  • Tyska - weiblich
  • Grekiska - θηλυκός
  • Guaraní: kuña
  • Hebrew: נקבה (nekeva) (2), נשי (nashi) (1)
  • Ungerska - nőstény
  • Ido: -in
  • Indonesiska - perempuan
    • , wanita, betina
  • Interlingua: femina (attributive) (1); feminin (1,2)
  • Italienska - femminile
  • Japanese: 雌 (めす, mesu)
  • Korean: 여성 (yeoseong)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - مێ|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latin: femineus
  • Lettiska - sieviešu dzimtes-
  • Litauiska - moteriškas
  • Malay - ms|betina
  • Norska - kvinnelig
    • , hunn-
  • Novial: femal
  • Polish: płci_żeńskiej, samica , samiczy, kobiecy , -a , -e
  • Portuguese: fêmea (1,3); feminino (1,2)
  • Ryska - женский
  • Scottish Gaelic: boireannach , banail
  • Serbian: женка,_ženka
  • Spanska - femenino
    • , hembra
  • Swahili - kike
    • , jike
  • Telugu: ఆడ (aaDa)
  • Tupinambá: kunhã
  • Turkiska - dişi

    • having an internal socket

  • Grekiska - θηλυκός
  • Koreanska - 암형
  • Norska - hunn-
  • Swahili - jike
  • Turkiska - dişi

    • Noun

    Someone or something of feminine sex or gender.

    Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:girl
  • See also Wikisaurus:woman

    • Translations

    an individual belonging to the sex that can give birth

  • Albanian:
  • Albanska - femër
  • : Gheg - femën|f
  • Arabic - ar|إناث|p|tr=ináth
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - أنثى|f|tr=onθa or onsa|sc=Arab
  • Armenian: էգ (ēg)
  • Basque - eme|xs=Basque
  • Bulgarian: женска (žénska)
  • Katalanska - femella
  • Chamicuro - molota
  • Cherokee - ᎠᎨᏴ|tr=ageyv|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 雌性|tr=cíxìng|sc=Hani, - 陰性|sc=Hani, - 阴性|tr=yīnxìng|sc=Hani, - cmn|女性|tr=nǚxìng|sc=Hani
  • Croatian: ženka (2)
  • Czech: žena - animal
  • Danska - kvinde
  • Holländska - vrouw
  • Esperanto - ino|xs=Esperanto
  • Finnish: naaras (2)
  • Franska - femelle
  • Galiciska - femia
  • Tyska - Weibchen
    • (2)
  • Greek - el|θήλυ|n|tr=thíly, θηλυκό
  • Gujarati - સ્ત્રી|sc=Gujr
  • Hungarian: nőstény (2)
  • Ido: femino
  • Interlingua: femina
  • Italienska - femmina
  • Japanska - 女性
    • , - ja|雌|tr=めす, mesu
  • Kannada - ಸ್ತ್ರೀ|sc=Knda
  • Korean: 여성 (yeoseong)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - مێ|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latin - fēmina|f
  • Lettiska - sieviete
    • , - lv|mātīte|f|xs=Latvian
  • Litauiska - moteris
    • , moteriškė, - lt|patelė|f|xs=Lithuanian
  • Low German - Seken|n
  • Norska - kvinne
  • Novial: femala
  • Persian - دختر (dokhtar)
  • Polish: samica

    insulting if used to describe a woman

    , kobieta
  • Portugisiska - fêmea
  • Ryska - самка
    • , - ru|женщина|f|tr=žénščina
  • Santali - ᱮᱝᱜᱚ|tr=engga|sc=Olck
  • Scottish Gaelic: boireannach , bean , tè
  • Slovene: ženska , samica

    with animals

  • Spanska - hembra
  • Tupinambá: kunhã
  • Turkiska - dişi
    • , bayan
  • Walesiska - benywaidd
  • !Xóõ: qáe

    • See also

  • ♀ (Symbol for female)

    • References

    simple:female

    Fullständig information på

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/female

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