féminin
French, noun/fe.mi.nɛ̃/
féminin is a French masculine noun meaning “feminine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne le genre féminin”.
What does féminin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefeminine
adjective
- 1
femininefemale
- 2
feminine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un des genres de mots. Il est généralement – mais pas toujours – lié aux femmes. 2. Qui est propre et particulier aux femmes. 3. Qui ressemble aux femmes, ou qui tient des femmes. 4. Qui est destiné aux femmes.
noun: 1. Désigne le genre féminin.
noun: 1. Nature intrinsèque des femmes ; féminité.
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 féminin
- féminins plural
- féminine feminine
- féminines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce féminin?
- /fe.mi.nɛ̃/
- \fe.mi.nɛ̃\
- [fe.mi.nɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to féminin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is féminin in French?
féminin appears 25 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).