femininity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English femynynytee, femyninytee, variants of femynyte (archaic modern English feminity), equivalent to feminine + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: fem‧i‧nin‧i‧ty
Noun
[edit]femininity (usually uncountable, plural femininities)
- The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
- Synonyms: feminineness, womanlikeness
- Antonyms: manlikeness, masculinity
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
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References
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁(y)-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -ity
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Female
- en:Gender