"femaleness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/ Forms: femalenesses [plural]
Etymology: From female + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|female|ness}} female + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} femaleness (countable and uncountable, plural femalenesses)
  1. The characteristic, state or condition of being female. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: feminineness, femininity Coordinate_terms: maleness Translations (characteristic, state or condition of being female): أُنُوثَة (ʔunūṯa) [feminine] (Arabic), Weiblichkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-femaleness-en-noun-JeKU4Ick Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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