English Explanatory Dictionary

femme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
  2. A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
  3. A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
adj
  1. Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
  2. Effeminate (of a man).
  3. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

Pronunciation

/fɛm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-femme.wav

Word forms

femme femmes more femme most femme

Etymology

Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.

Synonyms

fem lipstick lesbian[lipstick lesbian

Antonyms

butch

Related words

en femme baron and femme femme couverte femme fan femme fatale firefly femme incomprise femme-Nazi

Derived words

femby Femme&M's femmeness femmephobia femmephobic femmer femmeslash femmy futch stem stemme transfemme ultrafemme
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