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feminin

feminin

See also: féminin and féminîn

Danish

Adjective

feminin

  1. feminine

Inflection

Inflection of feminin
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular feminin 2
Neuter singular feminint 2
Plural feminine 2
Definite attributive1 feminine
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fēminīnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

feminin (comparative femininer, superlative am femininsten)

  1. feminine, womanly
  2. (grammar) feminine, of or pertaining to the feminine gender

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Middle French

Adjective

feminin m (feminine singular feminine, masculine plural feminins, feminine plural feminines)

  1. female; feminine (relating to females)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin femininus

Adjective

feminin (neuter singular feminint, definite singular and plural feminine)

  1. feminine
  2. (of a male) effeminate

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin femininus

Adjective

feminin (neuter singular feminint, definite singular and plural feminine)

  1. feminine
  2. (of a male) effeminate

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Romanian

Etymology

From French féminin, from Latin femininus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fe.miˈnin]

Adjective

feminin m, n (feminine singular feminină, masculine plural feminini, feminine and neuter plural feminine)

  1. feminine, womanly
  2. (grammar, of nouns, adjectives, etc.) feminine

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Swedish

Adjective

feminin

  1. feminine (having the qualities associated with a woman)

Declension

Inflection of feminin
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular feminin femininare femininast
Neuter singular feminint femininare femininast
Plural feminina femininare femininast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 feminine femininare femininaste
All feminina femininare femininaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

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