femelle
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French femelle, from Old French femele, from Latin femella.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
femelle (plural femelles)
Noun[edit]
femelle f (plural femelles)
Usage notes[edit]
- femelle used for humans is considered pejorative in Standard French. The standard term is féminin for the adjective, femme for the noun.
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “femelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “femelle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “femelle” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
femelle
- Alternative form of femele
Noun[edit]
femelle
- Alternative form of femele
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
femelle m or f (plural femelles)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Louisiana French
- Cajun French
- fr:Female
- fr:Female family members
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English nouns
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adjectives
- frm:Female