feminista

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish feminista. Doublet of feminist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

feminista (plural feministas)

1. (rare, slang, derogatory) A Hispanic female feminist.

Anagrams

• manifesti

Asturian

Adjective

feminista (epicene, plural feministes)

1. feminist

Related terms

• feminismu

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [fə.miˈnis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [fe.miˈnis.ta]

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Adjective

feminista m or f (masculine and feminine plural feministes)

1. feminist

Noun

feminista m or f by sense (plural feministes)

1. feminist

Related terms

• feminisme

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From feminino +‎ -ista, with haplology.

Adjective

feminista m or f (plural feministas)

1. feminist

Noun

feminista m or f by sense (plural feministas)

1. feminist

Related terms

• feminismo

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian feminist.

Noun

feminista

1. feminist

Inflection

Even a-stem, st-stt gradation
Nominative	feminista
Genitive	feministta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feminista	feministtat
Accusative	feministta	feministtaid
Genitive	feministta	feministtaid
Illative	feministii	feministtaide
Locative	feministtas	feministtain
Comitative	feministtain	feministtaiguin
Essive	feministan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person feministan feministame feministamet 2nd person feministat feministade feministadet 3rd person feministas feministaska feministaset

Related terms

• feminisma

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

feminista m or f (plural feministas)

1. feminist

Related terms

• feminisme

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.miˈɲis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: fe‧mi‧nis‧ta

Noun

feminista m pers (female equivalent feministka)

1. feminist

Declension

Declension of feminista

	singular	plural
nominative	feminista	feminiści/feministy (deprecative)
genitive	feministy	feministów
dative	feminiście	feministom
accusative	feministę	feministów
instrumental	feministą	feministami
locative	feminiście	feministach
vocative	feministo	feminiści

Related terms

adjectives

• antyfeministyczny
• feministyczny

adverbs

• antyfeministycznie
• feministycznie

nouns

• antyfeminista
• antyfeministka
• antyfeminizm
• feminizacja
• feminizm

verbs

• feminizować
• sfeminizować

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• femininista

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂

Proto-Italic *θēmanā

Proto-Italic *fēmanā

Latin fēmina

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin fēminīnuslbor.

French féminin

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

French -iste

French féministebor.

Portuguese feminista

Borrowed from French féministe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈniʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.mɨˈniʃ.tɐ/, /fɨ.miˈniʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nis‧ta

Adjective

feminista m or f (plural feministas)

1. feminist (relating to or in accordance with feminism)

Noun

feminista m or f by sense (plural feministas)

1. feminist (advocate of feminism)

Derived terms

• feminista radical
• feministo

Related terms

• feminismo

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “feminista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂

Proto-Italic *θēmanā

Proto-Italic *fēmanā

Latin fēmina

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin fēminīnuslbor.

French féminin

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

French -iste

French féministebor.

Spanish feminista

Borrowed from French féministe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnista/ [fe.miˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: fe‧mi‧nis‧ta

Adjective

feminista m or f (masculine and feminine plural feministas)

1. feminist

Noun

feminista m or f by sense (plural feministas)

1. feminist

Derived terms

• antifeminista

Related terms

• feminismo
• machista

Further reading

• “feminista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025