femminino

Italian

Alternative forms

• feminino (obsolete, poetic)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēminīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fem.miˈni.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fem‧mi‧nì‧no

Adjective

femminino (feminine femminina, masculine plural femminini, feminine plural femminine) (literary)

1. feminine, womanly

   Synonyms: (uncommon) donnesco, (literary) femmineo, (derogatory, uncommon) femminesco, femminile

   Antonyms: maschile, (literary) mascolino, virile

2. (grammar) feminine (pertaining to the feminine gender)

   Synonym: femminile

   Antonyms: maschile, (obsolete) mascolino

   Hypernym: genere

Further reading

• femminino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana