Qui appartient aux femmes, qui est propre et particulier ŕ la femme.
1. For or composed of women or girls
2. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; SYN. distaff.
3. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
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.
(Grammaire) Genre grammatical désignant les noms caractérisés par la féminité, souvent lié au sexe de l'animal ou de la personne désignés.