femininity
fem·i·nin·i·ty/fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/noun
femininity is spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-N-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables (fem·i·nin·i·ty). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, femininity means “The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of femininity is femininities.
How many letters and syllables are in femininity?
| Letters | 10: F-E-M-I-N-I-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: fem·i·nin·i·ty |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is femininity?
Femininity appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce femininity?
- /fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/
Femininity has 5 syllables, split fem·i·nin·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-femininity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of femininity
- femininities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does femininity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Femininity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense femininity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | féminité |
| German | Weiblichkeit, Fraulichkeit |
| Portuguese | feminilidade, feminidade |
| Spanish | feminidad, femineidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does femininity come from?
From Middle English femynynytee, femyninytee, variants of femynyte (archaic modern English feminity), equivalent to feminine + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).