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.

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.