ETYM Latin femininus, from femina woman; prob. akin to Latin fetus, or to Greek thsthai to suck, thsai to suckle, Skr. dhâ to suck; cf. AS. faemme woman, maid: cf. French féminin. Related to Fetus.
1. Associated with women and not with men.
2. Of grammatical gender.
3. (Music or poetry) Ending on an unaccented beat or syllable.
Množina: feminines
ETYM Obs. or Colloq.
A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female.
In music, adjective used to describe a cadence or phrase which ends on an unstressed beat of the bar, most typically the second beat.