- feminine noun
- существительное женского рода
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feminine noun
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feminine designations — For most agent nouns and nouns indicating occupation no distinction is made between masculine and feminine: clerk, cook, councillor, counsellor, cyclist, doctor, lecturer, martyr, motorist, nurse, oculist, palmist, president, pupil, secretary,… … Modern English usage
feminine — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French feminin, from Latin femininus, from femina woman; akin to Old English delu nipple, Latin filius son, felix, fetus, & fecundus fruitful, felare to suck, Greek thēlē nipple Date: 14th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
feminine — [[t]fe̱mɪnɪn[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Feminine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of women, in contrast to men. ...male leaders worrying about their women abandoning traditional feminine roles. ...a manufactured ideal of… … English dictionary
feminine — fem|i|nine [ˈfemının] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin femina woman ] 1.) having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and pretty ▪ Dianne loved pretty feminine things. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
feminine — adjective 1 having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate and pretty: Dianne loved pretty feminine things. | his slim, feminine hand 2 a feminine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
noun — ADJECTIVE ▪ plural, singular ▪ ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and a plural noun. ▪ countable ▪ mass, uncountable ▪ … Collocations dictionary
feminine rhyme — noun : double rhyme in verses with feminine endings (as motion, ocean) * * * ˌfeminine ˈrhyme 7 [feminine rhyme] noun uncountable, countable … Useful english dictionary
feminine — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having qualities traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness. 2) female. 3) Grammar referring to a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female. ► NOUN (the feminine) ▪ the female… … English terms dictionary
feminine caesura — noun : a caesura that follows an unstressed or short syllable see epic caesura, lyric caesura * * * Pros. a caesura occurring immediately after an unstressed or short syllable. * * * feminine caesura noun One which does not immediately follow the … Useful english dictionary
NOUN — NOU Les Égyptiens ayant conçu la création à l’image de celle de leur pays, lui même considéré comme étant le «don du Nil», le Noun désigne l’océan liquide qui existait avant que le monde ne fût créé. Et, de même que le Nil, lors de la crue, ne… … Encyclopédie Universelle
feminine rhyme — noun A disyllabic rhyme that occurs on an unaccented final syllable … Wiktionary
