【feminine】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

替代形式(Alternative forms)

• f., f (abbreviation, grammar)

词源(Etymology)

From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/

• Audio (US)

形容词(Adjective)

feminine (comparative more feminine, superlative most feminine)

1. Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
2. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
3. Belonging to females; typically used by females.

   Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.

4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 7”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons],[…], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books:[…], London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.

   • 1614, Walter Raleigh, Historie of the World

     Ninias being esteemed no man of warre at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.

5. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

同义词(Synonyms)

• (of the female sex): female, womanly
• (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): caring, ladylike, nurturing

反义词(Antonyms)

• (of the female sex): male, manly
• (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): butch, masculine
• (grammar): masculine, neuter

衍生词(Derived terms)

• femininely
• feminineness
• feminine rhyme (prosody)
• femininity
• feminize

翻译(Translations)

名词(Noun)

feminine (plural feminines)

1. That which is feminine.
2. (rare, possibly obsolete) A woman.
   • Richard Hakluyt:

     They guide the feminines toward the palace.

3. (grammar) The feminine gender.
4. (grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
   • Latham:

     There are but few true feminines in English.

翻译(Translations)

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German

形容词(Adjective)

feminine

1. inflection of feminin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Latin

词源1(Etymology 1)

From fēminīnus (“feminine”) +‎ -ē.

发音(Pronunciation)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.neː/, [feː.mɪˈniː.neː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [fɛ.miˈniː.nɛ]

副词(Adverb)

fēminīnē (comparative fēminīnius, superlative fēminīnissimē)

1. femininely, womanly

关联词(Related terms)

词源2(Etymology 2)

Inflected form of fēminīnus (“feminine”).

发音(Pronunciation)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feː.miˈniː.ne/, [feː.mɪˈniː.nɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [fɛ.miˈniː.nɛ]

形容词(Adjective)

fēminīne

1. vocative masculine singular of fēminīnus

来源参考(References)

• feminine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• feminine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

形容词(Adjective)

feminine

1. definite singular of feminin
2. plural of feminin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

形容词(Adjective)

feminine

1. definite singular of feminin
2. plural of feminin

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Romanian

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnine/

形容词(Adjective)

feminine

1. feminine plural nominative of feminin
2. feminine plural accusative of feminin
3. neuter plural nominative of feminin
4. neuter plural accusative of feminin

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Swedish

形容词(Adjective)

feminine

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of feminin.