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Definition: Female |
FemaleAdjective1. (biology) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries". 2. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage". 3. For or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus". Noun1. An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa). 2. A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "female" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Satire | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Metallurgy | Duplicate plate:. . . an exact replica. . . of either the male or female part of the mould. . . . . female: in moulding practice, the intended half of a mould designed to receive the male half. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Female, Woman. The word female is often employed when woman would be better. Female applies to all of the feminine gender, including the brute creation. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Female is a sex that denotes an animal which produces egg cells in order to reproduce. (The "egg cell" is the larger gamete).The female is one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the male is the other half. In many cases, a female cannot reproduce without sexual intercourse with a male, although some exceptions exist. What actually differentiates a female from a male is not always apparent, and in some cases more a question of definition than anything else.
'Female' and 'male' designate reproductive structures in plants, so the concept is not just limited to animals.
A woman is a female human being.
Female or Feminine is a grammatical gender in many languages.
Female is a gender role.
In hardware and electronics, a female connector is a fixture, such as a socket, which is designed to have a corresponding (male) fitting inserted into it. (see gender changer)
See Also
- Feminism
- Misogyny
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Female."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A woman is an adult female human being, as contrasted to an adult male, which is a man. The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both.
Sex
In terms of sex, women have various sexual characteristics that differentiate them from men. In women, the sex organs are involved in the reproductive system, whereas the secondary sex characteristics are involved in attracting a mate or nurturing children.
Although fewer females than males are born (the ratio is around 1:1.05), women make up the majority of the adult population. This is because males of all ages have a slightly higher death rate (even in the womb) and women live, on average, five years longer than men. This is thought to be a result of a combination of factors: genetics (redundant and varied genes present on sex chromosomes in women); sociology (such as military service); health-impacting choices (such as use of cigarettes and alcohol); the presence of the female hormone estrogen, which has a cardioprotective effect in premenopausal women, and the effect of high levels of androgens in men.
After the onset of menarche, most women are able to become pregnant and bear children. (See also obstetrics.) The study of female reproduction and reproductive organss is called gynecology. Women generally reach menopause in their late 40s or early 50s, at which point they can no longer become pregnant.
In general, women suffer from the same illnesses as men; however there are some sex-related illnesses that are found more commonly or exclusively in women.
Gender roles
Main article: gender roleThe general study of women at universities is pursued under the heading "women's studies". Almost since its inception, that study has been closely associated with feminism and has focused on the social and economic differences between the sexes. Current gender roles are criticised by both the feminism movement and the masculism movement.
Terms for women
While the usual definition of the word girl is 'female child', girl is also often used to refer to a young or unmarried woman. Since the early 1970s such usage has been questioned by feminists. Today, using the word in the workplace (as in "office girl") is typically considered inappropriate in the U.S., but remains commonplace in several other English-speaking countries. Outside the workplace, it is also standard practice in certain contexts (such as "girls night out"). In this sense, girl may be considered to be the analogue to guy or bloke for a man (the latter is seldom used in the U.S.).
See also
- Famous women in history
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Heroines in literature
- Misogyny
- New Woman
- Nu shu, the women-only language
- Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- Role of women in Judaism
- Taliban treatment of women
- White slave trade
- Women in Science Fiction
- Women Science Fiction Authors
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Woman."
Synonyms: FemaleSynonyms: distaff (adj), female person (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: androgynous (adj), male (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Libertine | Adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue; (unchaste); wanton, fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demimonde; chippy; sapphist; spiritual wife; white slave. |
Property | Absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold; fee tail, fee simple; estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail; estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general. |
Sexuality | Noun: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness; female, femininity . |
Woman | Noun: woman, she, her, female, petticoat. |
Adjective: female, she-; feminine, womanly, ladylike, matronly, maidenly, wifely; womanish, effeminate, unmanly; gynecic, gynaecic. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Female |
| English words defined with "female": adult female ♦ female body, female child, female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals, female horse, female monarch, female offspring, Female rhyme. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "female": Circumcision, Female, Contraceptive Agents, Female ♦ Female householder, no husband present, female part of a mould, female population aged 0-14, female population aged 15-64 ♦ Infertility, Female ♦ primary education female pupils ♦ secondary general education female pupils, secondary vocational education female pupils. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "female": Warrioress. (references) |
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Screenplays | If you're looking for female companionship, we can make arrangements that'll insure total privacy and-- (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Does the female form make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) If we just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able to get out of here (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.) The female Scandinavian long jumpers in the Olympics are really fast (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Water, coffee, couple of female slaves (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) | |
Lyrics | Hatin on every female that's doing better than her (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) Single black female, I honestly think something is wrong (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) You'll never get no where doin that female stuff (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Female Trouble (1974) The Female Response (1973) Female Fantasies (1972) The Sensually Liberated Female (1970) Melissa: The Total Female (1970) | |
Song Titles | Female Drummer (performing artist: Steeleye Span) | |
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 | Pictured is a white adult female patient being readied for radiation therapy. She is lying on a table, covered with a white cloth. In some views, a technician is standing by the patient adjusting the radiation equipment. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | A female patient is lying on a bed with a technician positioning the patient's head in preparation for radiotherapy. This photograph was used in the NCI publication "When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer". Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer). |
 | 27 year old white female with cutaneous anthrax on right forearm; patient had worked in a spinning department of a goat hair processing plant for 3 years; lesion as seen on 12th day. Credit: CDC. |  | Female Ixodes scapularis tick. Lyme Disease vector, parasite. Also known as Ixodes dammini. Credit: CDC. |
 | X-4 with "Female Computer". Credit: NASA. |  | First Female Astronaut Candidates. Credit: NASA. |
 | Female Canada goose setting on nest. Trying desperately to stay out of sight. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A female Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, puts the final touches on her freshly laid nest of eggs. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Bluefin tuna female sexual glands. Also, note heart in upper right of container . Credit: Fisheries. |  | Humpback salmon, adult female. In: "The Fishes of Alaska." Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVI, 1906. P. 360, Plate XXV. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Female Male feet" by Robert Beliczki Commentary: "This is a member of a exhibition called "Experiment with scanner" photoes made by a flatbed scanner: closeup all sex feet ." | "Female 9" by Jillian Balfour Commentary: "Female: A woman or girl." |
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 | Female dispatcher's police radio call. | | Brief, breathy female laugh. |
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Claudius Galen | Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster. |
George Eliot | Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it. |
Samuel Johnson | The endearing elegance of female friendship. |
William Shakespeare | A child of our grandmother Eve, a female; or, for thy more sweet understanding, a woman. |
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John Locke | 1690 | In those viviparous animals which feed on grass, the conjunction between male and female lasts no longer than the very act of copulation; because the teat of the dam being sufficient to nourish the young, till it be able to feed on grass, the male only begets, but concerns not himself for the female or young, to whose sustenance he can contribute nothing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | But when you mentioned Mrs. Dixon, I felt how much more probable that it should be the tribute of warm female friendship |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As for female servants, they were all called Nicolette in his house (even Magnon, who will reappear as we proceed) |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I shall say something of the male nurseries, and then of the female. |
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Health | Figure 2.--Side view of female pelvis. (references) | |
Neonatal ALD affects both male and female newborns. (references) | ||
However, BV may spread between female sex partners. (references) | ||
Business | Calcium products will continue to be well received by children and female consumers. (references) | |
Most female customers prefer traditional colors (white, black or beige) and patterns. (references) | ||
Slightly over 26 percent of the Federal Parliament is female, including its President. (references) | ||
Children | Burundi | Female illiteracy is a problem. (references) |
Ghana | Shrine priests generally are male, but may be female as well. (references) | |
Kenya | Seventy percent of illiterate persons in the country are female. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | All students at Kabul University reportedly were required to have beards in order to study there (no female students were allowed). (references) |
United Arab Emirates | Custom dictates that a husband may bar his wife, minor male and female children, and adult unmarried daughters from leaving the country. (references) | |
Qatar | However, men may prevent female relatives and children from leaving the country by providing their names to immigration officers at ports of departure. (references) | |
Discrimination | Samoa | While there is discrimination against women and nonmatai, who only occasionally may reach high office, women (and particularly female matai) play an important role in society. (references) |
Economic History | Burundi | Attendance--55% male, 45% female. (references) |
Togo | Literacy (2000)--male 56%, female 39%. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | She is the country's first female minister. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | Male and female inmates are housed separately. (references) | |
Panama | The central women's prison uses only female guards. (references) | |
Minorities | Korea | In June 1998, the Government passed legislation to allow a female citizen to transmit citizenship to her child regardless of the citizenship of the child's father. (references) |
Indonesia | Both male and female converts later were forced to undergo circumcision to prove that they were genuine Muslims, despite the fact that Muslim women in Maluku were not customarily circumcised. (references) | |
Pakistan | In May 2000, five masked men stopped a factory bus in Ferozwala on which female factory employees were traveling and raped six to eight Christian girls who were passengers; the assailants reportedly spared the two Muslim passengers on the bus. (references) | |
Political Economy | Yemen | The new Minister of State for Human Rights was the country's first female minister. (references) |
Sudan | Prostitution is a growing problem, and female genital mutilation (FGM) is widespread. (references) | |
Tanzania | Violence and discrimination against women and female genital mutilation (FGM) remained serious problems. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belgium | Of 17 federal ministers, 4 are female. (references) |
Algeria | The upper house has six female members. (references) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The Deputy Governor General is also female. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Though fathers are the primary income earners, in the majority of cases, salaries are entrusted to their wives, and most day to day consumption decisions are at the discretion of the female spouse. (references) |
Women | Brunei | Female officers staff the unit. (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | Of those, 20 were female and 6 male. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Tuvalu | Specific provisions of the law provide for the protection of female workers. (references) |
Greece | Of female prostitutes, 75 percent are not told why they are being brought to Greece. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Maternity leave is available for permanent and seasonal or part-time female workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany |
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Dennis Miller | So when Martha gets kicked around for insider trading, the real reason jealous people are upset is because she is a female billionaire who got some of the same secrets usually reserved for men. |
Elton John | God, female artists. There's so many of them. India Arie has been nominated for a lot of Grammies. And she's from Georgia, too. And I think she's brilliant. |
Johnny Cash | I do, I have a favorite. My favorite female artist is Emmylou Harris. My favorite male artist would be Dwight Yaokam. |
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| "Female" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 79.67% of the time. "Female" is used about 5,331 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 79.67% | 4,247 | 2,313 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.31% | 1,083 | 6,958 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,331 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "female". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Dorcas | N/A | Biblical | A female roe-deer |
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| USA | Female Health Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "female": adult female ♦ adult female body ♦ assistant female cook ♦ estate in tail female ♦ female animal ♦ female aristocrat ♦ female body ♦ female bonding ♦ female camel ♦ female chest ♦ female child ♦ female conductor ♦ female convict ♦ female cook ♦ female cornel ♦ female cricket ♦ female doctor ♦ female dog ♦ female donkey ♦ female eider ♦ female elephant ♦ Female fern ♦ female figure skater ♦ female friend ♦ female genital organ ♦ female genitalia ♦ female genitals ♦ female horse ♦ Female Infertility ♦ female internal reproductive organ ♦ female mammal ♦ female mate ♦ female monarch ♦ female mould ♦ female offspring ♦ female parent ♦ female part ♦ female part of a mould ♦ female person ♦ female persuasion ♦ female pope ♦ female population ♦ female professor ♦ female reproductive system ♦ Female rhyme ♦ Female rhymes ♦ Female screw ♦ female servant ♦ female sex ♦ female sibling ♦ female slave ♦ female suffrage ♦ female teacher ♦ female university professor ♦ female writer ♦ in the female line ♦ primary education female pupils ♦ secondary general education female pupils ♦ secondary vocational education female pupils ♦ spayed female. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "female": female-appropriate, female-as, female-associated, female-based, female-biased, female-defined, female-dominated, female-father, female-flattering, female-headed, female-identified, female-kind, female-male, female-ness, female-oriented, female-reader, female-specific, female-to-male, female-torso. | |
Ending with "female": all-female, male-female. | |
Containing "female": figure-of-eight-female-body-screwing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
female ejaculation | 8,568 | female body | 455 |
female masturbation | 3,726 | female ejaculation movie | 446 |
female model | 2,694 | female stripper | 442 |
female | 2,477 | female porn star | 436 |
female orgasm | 2,437 | female masturbation technique | 408 |
female body builder | 2,307 | female orgasms | 406 |
female wrestling | 1,196 | nude female model | 391 |
nude female | 1,162 | female viagra | 382 |
female escort | 1,110 | dog female name | 365 |
female muscle | 1,090 | female tattoo | 352 |
nude female body builder | 1,034 | naked female | 325 |
female desperation | 1,014 | female ejaculation video | 322 |
female body building | 986 | free female ejaculation movie | 321 |
female domination | 983 | female condom | 306 |
female anatomy | 899 | female vacuum pumping | 306 |
female foot | 867 | female picture | 306 |
female celebrity | 639 | female black model | 303 |
female circumcision | 565 | female nude celebrity | 302 |
female reproductive system | 495 | female piercing | 299 |
female cum | 482 | female ejaculation pic | 298 |
female squirting | 298 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "female"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vroulik (feminine). (various references) | |
Albanian | femër (dam, distaff, doe, fertile, hen, Jenny, jilt, Judy, lady, mate, piece, pistil, woman), vajzë (babe, chicken, child, colleen, damsel, daughter, demoiselle, gal, girl, girlie, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, petticoat, puss, unmarried girl, wench), grua (bint, Jill, lady, missis, my better half, spouse, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Arabic | نسائي (feminine, womanly), نبات مدقي, غائر (cavernous, gummy, hollow, sunken), أنثى, أنثوي (feminine, womanish, womanly), داخلي (domestic, in, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, inward, parietal, residential). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самка, от женски пол, женска (cow), женски цвят, женски (feminine, lady, petticoat, pistillate, woman, womanish), жена (frail, gin, heifer, hen, lady, lay, muslin, petticoat, piece, placket, rib, skirt, woman). (various references) | |
Catalan | perruquera (female hairdresser, hairdresser). (various references) | |
Chinese | 雌性 , 雌 (miscellaneous, mixed, to mix, various), 牝 , 母 (mother), 女性 (Feminine), 女子 (woman), 女 (woman). (various references) | |
Czech | samièka (hen), samièí, ženský (feminine, wifely, womanlike, womanly), žena (wife, woman). (various references) | |
Danish | kvindelig (feminine). (various references) | |
Dutch | vrouwtje, wijfje. (various references) | |
Esperanto | femalo, virina, ino, ina (feminine). (various references) | |
Faeroese | hon (it, she). (various references) | |
Finnish | naispuolinen (feminine, woman), naishenkilö (woman), naaras. (various references) | |
French | femelle (female cat). (various references) | |
Frisian | froulik (feminine). (various references) | |
German | weiblich (feminine, unmasculine, womanly), Weibchen (bitch, hen, little woman, mate), Weib (broad, old woman, piece, shrew, vixen, wife, woman, Xanthippe), Frau (broad, femme, lady, madam, mate, missus, Mrs, mrs., Ms, ms., signora, wife, woman), Buchse (bush, bushing, connector, gland, liner, socket). (various references) | |
Greek | γυναικείοσ (feminine, womanlike, womanly, woman's), θηλυκόσ (feminine), θηλυκός, θηλυκό (a bit of skirt). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | studente (female student, student), mësuese (female teacher, teacher), adhuruese (admirer, female admirer). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשה (a bit of skirt, spouse, wife, woman), נקבי (feminine), נקבה (woman). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nőstény (bitch, gin, queen), női (knockers, milliner, womanly, woman's, women's). (various references) | |
Indonesian | betina (she, woman). (various references) | |
Irish | baineannach. (various references) | |
Italian | femminile (feminine, womanish, womanly, woman's), femmina (girl, hen, she, she-, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 雌性 , 雌 , 婦人 (woman), 婦人 (woman). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しせい (administration, attitude, city conditions, devotion, four tones, government, great poet, life and death, municipal census, municipal government, municipal organization, municipality, one's nature or disposition, posture, private, sincerity, statesmanship, tattoo, the four castes, the four great sages, the street, the town), ふじん (battle formation, heartlessness, inhumanity, lineup, madam, Mrs, Very sincerely yours, wife, woman), めす (to buy, to call, to catch, to drink, to eat, to put on, to ride in, to send for, to take, to wear). (various references) | |
Korean | 암컷 (Bitch, DOE). (various references) | |
Malagasy | vavy. (various references) | |
Manx | bwoirrinagh (cow, crumpet, doe, female any age, girl, lass, wench), bwoirrin (effeminate, feminine, femininistic, ladylike, petticoat). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kvinnelig (feminine), kvinne (woman), hunn. (various references) | |
Papiamen | femenino, embra (feminine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emalefay.(various references) | |
Polish | samica, kobieta (woman). (various references) | |
Portuguese | fêmea (feminine, mate, she). (various references) | |
Quechua | tura (brother of a female), ñaña (sister, sister ofa female). (various references) | |
Romanian | feminin (feminine, womanish, womanly), femelã (bitch, cow, dam, mate, she), femeiuşcã (chit, fluff), femeiesc (feminine, womanlike, womanly, women's), femeie (feme, petticoat, she, woman, womenfolk), slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), palid (ashen, ashy, colorless, colourless, doughy, etiolated, Gray, green, grey, haggard, lightish, lunar, lurid, pale, pallid, paly, sickly, wan, washed out, white), muiere (jade, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Romany | booznì (female goat). (various references) | |
Russian | самка;женщина женский, самка (doe, mate), охватывающий, женский (feminine, petticoat, wifely, womanish, woman's), женщина (a bit of muslin, a bit of skirt, expectant mother, grey mare, hen, old woman, petticoat, skirt, woman, womankind, women, womenfolk), бабий. (various references) | |
Scottish | boirionn, boireannach (a woman, woman). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ženski (feminine, lady's, womanish), ženka (cow), žena (harp, lady, skirt, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Shona | nhunzvi (female goat, hen). (various references) | |
Spanish | hembra (bitch, cow, doe, eye, hen, nut, she), feminino (feminine), femenino (feminine, hen, unmasculine). (various references) | |
Swedish | kvinnlig (feminine, womanlike, womanly), hona (cow, Jenny, she). (various references) | |
Tagalog | babáe (woman). (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับเพศหญิง (feminine), เกี่ยวกับสตรี, สตรี (lady). (various references) | |
Turkish | kadın (broad, Dame, distaff, gyno-, gynous, hen, Jane, lady, lady's, petticoat, she, woman), kız (babe, bird, bunny, chick, chicken, colleen, daughter, gal, girl, Jenny, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, queen, wench), dişi canlı, dişi (gynous, hen, she), bayan (Dame, lady, lady's, madam, Madame, Miss, missis, mistress, mrs, mrs., Mrs./Ms., ms, ms., spinster, unmarried woman, waitress, woman). (various references) | |
Turkmen | urkaзy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | самка, самиця (doe, mate, she), особа жіночої статі, жінкоподібний (feminine, niminy-piminy, womanish), жіночий (feminine, womanish, womanly). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhạt (delicate, vapid, washy, weak, wishy-washy), nữ yếu, con mẹ, có lỗ để tra, cái (piece, thing). (various references) | |
Welsh | benywol (feminine), benyw (woman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | mi, munus, nunuz. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | femella, femina, feminae, feminaeque, feminam, feminarum, feminas, feminea, femineae, feminei, femineo, muliebrem, muliebri, prophetissa, prophetissam, pythonissam. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | femella. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Apo de archV ktisewV arsen kai qhlu epoihsen autouV o qeoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ab initio autem creaturae masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & cwæð. for þan se man for-læt his fæderand his moder. & hine his wife ge-þeot. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But fro the bigynnyng of creature God made hem male and female; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But at the fyrste creacion God made the man and woman. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But from the first, male and female made he them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Apan sukad sa sinugdan sa kabuhatan, `Ang Dios nagbuhat kanila nga lalaki ug babaye.` |
| Croatian | Od poèetka stvorenja muško i žensko stvori ih. |
| Danish | Men fra Skabningens Begyndelse skabte Gud dem som Mand og Kvinde. |
| Dutch | Maar van het begin der schepping heeft ze God man en vrouw gemaakt. |
| Finnish | Mutta luomakunnan alusta Jumala `on luonut heidät mieheksi ja naiseksi. |
| French | Mais au commencement de la création, Dieu fit l`homme et la femme; |
| Gaelic | Ach bho thus a chruthachaidh rinn Dia iad firionn is boirionn. |
| German | aber von Anfang der Kreatur hat sie Gott geschaffen einen Mann und ein Weib. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, nan konmansman, lè Bondye t'ap kreye tout bagay, Bondye te fè gason ak fi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Tetapi pada permulaannya, pada waktu Allah menciptakan manusia, dikatakan bahwa 'Allah menjadikan mereka laki-laki dan wanita. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan tetapi daripada awal kejadian alam, Allah menjadikan mereka itu laki-laki dan perempuan. |
| Korean | 창 조 시 로 부 터 저 희 를 남 자 와 여 자 로 만 드 셨 으 니 |
| Maori | I te orokohanganga ia, i hanga raua e te Atua he tane, he wahine. |
| Norwegian | Men fra skapningens begynnelse skapte Gud dem til mann og kvinne. |
| Portuguese | Mas desde o princípio da criação, Deus os fez homem e mulher. |
| Rumanian | Dar dela knceputul lumii, ,Dumnezeu i -a fqcut parte bqrbqteascq wi parte femeiascq. |
| Shuar | Tura Yus Yámankamtaik Ashí najanamia nui, aishmannasha nuwancha najanamiayi. |
| Swahili | Lakini tangu kuumbwa ulimwengu, Mungu aliumba mwanamume na mwanamke. |
| Swedish | Men redan vid världens begynnelse 'gjorde Gud dem till man och kvinna'. |
| Uma | Aga ngkai lomo' kajadi' dunia', nto'u Alata'ala mpajadi' manusia', napajadi' -ra hadua tomane pai' hadua tobine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "female": femaleness, femalenesses, females. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "female": antifemale. (additional references) | |
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"Female" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Emdale, Emmelle, Faimalo, famade, famale, Fambare, famile, famlee, fecma, fema, femaal, femail, femal, femel, femelle, femnale, Femulen, fenal, Fenelon, Fenjal, fentle, ferale, Fermilab, fidale, Gemalde, Kemali, Mefalle, Qemal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "female" (pronounced fē"mā'l) |
| 3 | -m ā' l | airmail, blackmail, greenmail. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-m" | |
-1 letter: flame, fleam. | |
-2 letters: alee, alef, alme, fame, feal, feel, feme, flam, flea, flee, lame, leaf, male, meal. | |
-3 letters: ale, eel, elf, elm, eme, emf, fee, fem, lam, lea, lee, mae, mel. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, am, ef, el, em, fa, la, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-l-m" | |
+1 letter: enflame, females, flambee. | |
+2 letters: enflamed, enflames, fameless, filename, flambeed, preflame, selfsame. | |
+3 letters: filenames, frameable. | |
+4 letters: antifemale, bafflement, deformable, fearsomely, federalism, femaleness, maleficent, reformable, semifeudal. | |
+5 letters: bafflements, damselflies, deformalize, federalisms, fermentable, maleficence, malfeasance, mantelshelf, performable, reformulate. | |
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