What is the difference between feminine and masculine?
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Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
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(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
That which is feminine.
A woman.
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(grammar) The feminine gender.
(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
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Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
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Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
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(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
# (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
# (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
(grammar) The masculine gender.
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(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
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That which is masculine.
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A man.
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Masculine is a antonym of feminine.
In grammar terms the difference between feminine and masculine
is that feminine is a word of the feminine gender while masculine is a word of the masculine gender.In possibly _ obsolete lang=en terms the difference between feminine and masculine
is that feminine is a woman while masculine is a man.As adjectives the difference between feminine and masculine
is that feminine is of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly while masculine is of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.As nouns the difference between feminine and masculine
is that feminine is that which is feminine while masculine is the masculine gender.feminine
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Alternative forms
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(en adjective)- Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
- Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine .
- Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
- Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine , and subject to ease and delicacy.
Synonyms
* (of the female sex): female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): caring, ladylike, nurturingAntonyms
* (of the female sex): male, manly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): butch, masculine * (grammar): masculine, neuterDerived terms
* femininely * feminineness * feminine rhyme (prosody) * femininity * feminizeNoun
(en noun)- They guide the feminines toward the palace.
- There are but few true feminines in English.
masculine
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(wikipedia masculine)Alternative forms
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(en adjective)- Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
- “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- a masculine church.
- The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
- German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.