feminino
Portuguese, adjective/fe.miˈnĩ.nu/
feminino is spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-N-O (8 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feminino is a Portuguese adjective meaning “having womanly qualities; womanly; feminine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a fêmeas, a mulheres ou próprio delas”.
What does feminino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having womanly qualities; womanly; feminine
- 2
of feminine gender; feminine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a fêmeas, a mulheres ou próprio delas 2. relacionado ou característico do organismo que produz óvulos 3. que possui somente pistilo (flor) 4. relativo a uma das flexões de gênero gramatical, em contraste com o masculino e, em alguns idiomas, com o neutro
noun: 1. uma das flexões de gênero gramatical, presente em diversas línguas naturais (especialmente as indo-europeias), frequentemente atribuída a seres do sexo feminino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of feminino
- feminina feminine
- femininos masculine plural
- femininas feminine plural
- mais feminino comparative
- o mais feminino superlative
- femininíssimo superlative
- femenino alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feminino?
- Brazil /fe.miˈnĩ.nu/
- Portugal /fɨ.miˈni.nu/
- Portugal /fɨ.mɨˈni.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feminino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feminino in Portuguese?
feminino appears 42 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).