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Is feminine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word feminine is a Scrabble US word. The word feminine is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

F4E1M3I1N1I1N1E1

Is feminine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word feminine is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4E1M3I1N1I1N1E1

Is feminine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word feminine is a Words With Friends word. The word feminine is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4E1M4I1N2I1N2E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

FEMININE,

7-letter words (1 found)

FEMINIE,

6-letter words (4 found)

FENMEN,MEINIE,MINNIE,NEINEI,

5-letter words (1 found)

IMINE,

4-letter words (18 found)

EINE,FEEN,FEME,FENI,FINE,FINI,MEIN,MENE,MIEN,MINE,MINI,NEEM,NEIF,NEMN,NENE,NIEF,NIFE,NINE,

3-letter words (15 found)

EEN,EME,ENE,FEE,FEM,FEN,FIE,FIN,INN,MEE,MEN,NEE,NEF,NIE,NIM,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EF,EM,EN,FE,IF,IN,ME,MI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from feminine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of feminine

feminine

Alternative forms

  • f., f (abbreviation, grammar)
  • fœminine (hypercorrect, obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/

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.
  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
  5. (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
    Synonym: female
    Coordinate terms: masculine, neuter, common
    1. (of a noun) Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
    2. (of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.
  6. (grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel.
    Coordinate term: masculine

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

feminine (plural feminines)

  1. That which is feminine.
  2. (rare, possibly obsolete) A woman.
  3. (grammar) The feminine gender.
  4. (grammar) A word of the feminine gender.

Translations

German

Pronunciation

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nì‧ne

Adjective

feminine

  1. feminine plural of feminino

Latin

Etymology 1

From fēminīnus (“feminine”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /feː.miˈniː.neː/, [feːmɪˈniːneː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [femiˈniːne]

Adverb

fēminīnē (comparative fēminīnius, superlative fēminīnissimē)

  1. femininely, womanly
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of fēminīnus (“feminine”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /feː.miˈniː.ne/, [feːmɪˈniːnɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fe.miˈni.ne/, [femiˈniːne]

Adjective

fēminīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of fēminīnus

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.

Middle English

Adjective

feminine

  1. Alternative form of femynyne

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

feminine

  1. definite singular of feminin
  2. plural of feminin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

feminine

  1. definite singular of feminin
  2. plural of feminin

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /femiˈnine/

Adjective

feminine

  1. feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of feminin

Swedish

Adjective

feminine

  1. definite natural masculine singular of feminin

Source: wiktionary.org