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féminine

French, adjective/fe.mi.nin/

féminine is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of féminin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does féminine mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of féminin

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sportive (par opposition aux hommes).

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of féminine

  • féminines plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce féminine?

  • /fe.mi.nin/
  • \fe.mi.nin\
  • [fe.mi.ni.nə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is féminine in French?

féminine appears 16 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).