"femininity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-femininity.wav Forms: femininities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English femynynytee, femyninytee, variants of femynyte (archaic modern English feminity), equivalent to feminine + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-}}, {{inh|en|enm|femynynytee}} Middle English femynynytee, {{m+|en|feminity}} English feminity, {{af|en|feminine|-ity}} feminine + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} femininity (usually uncountable, plural femininities)
  1. The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Female, Gender Synonyms: feminineness, womanlikeness, femineity Derived forms: antifemininity, cisfemininity, hyperfemininity, toxic femininity Related terms: feminine, feminization, feminize Translations (femininity): бзылъфыгъагъ (bzəlˢfəğağ) [feminine] (Adyghe), اُنوثة (Arabic), нәфислек (nəfislek) (Bashkir), мөләйемлек (möləyemlek) (Bashkir), гүзәллек (güzəllek) (Bashkir), күркәмлек (kürkəmlek) (Bashkir), жано́цкасць (žanóckascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), feminitat [feminine] (Catalan), 婦女特質 /妇女特质 (fùnǚ tèzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), ženskost [feminine] (Czech), ženství [neuter] (Czech), kvindelighed [common-gender] (Danish), vrouwelijkheid (Dutch), ineco (Esperanto), naiselikkus [neuter] (Estonian), naisellisuus (Finnish), feminiinisyys (Finnish), féminité [feminine] (French), feminidade [feminine] (Galician), ქალურობა (kaluroba) (Georgian), Weiblichkeit [feminine] (German), Fraulichkeit [feminine] (German), θηλυκότητα (thilykótita) [feminine] (Greek), स्त्रीत्व (strītva) [masculine] (Hindi), नारीत्व (nārītva) [masculine] (Hindi), bandacht [feminine] (Irish), banúlacht [feminine] (Irish), femminilità [feminine] (Italian), 女らしさ (onna-rashisa) (Japanese), 女性性 (joseisei) (alt: じょせいせい) (Japanese), әйелдік (äieldık) (Kazakh), sievišķīgums [masculine] (Latvian), sievišķība [feminine] (Latvian), bwoirrinid [feminine] (Manx), bwoirrinys [feminine] (Manx), femynyte (Middle English), femininitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), femininitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wīfhād [masculine] (Old English), زنانگی (zanânegi) (Persian), kobiecość [feminine] (Polish), żeńskość [feminine] (Polish), feminilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), feminidade [feminine] (Portuguese), feminitate [feminine] (Romanian), же́нственность (žénstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), жѐнствено̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), же̏нско̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žènstvenōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žȅnskōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ženskosť [feminine] (Slovak), feminidad [feminine] (Spanish), femineidad [feminine] (Spanish), занонагӣ (zanonagi) (Tajik), нәфислелек (näfislelek) (Tatar), мөлаемлылык (mölayemlılıq) (Tatar), гүзәллек (güzällek) (Tatar), йомшаклык (yomşaqlıq) (Tatar), ఆడతనం (āḍatanaṁ) (Telugu), жіно́чість (žinóčistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "It's almost eerie, in the wake of the Lawrence Summers controversy, to encounter the words of an earlier Harvard president, John Kirkland, a \"friend and mentor\" of Elizabeth's, who advised her that if any woman \"is raised by genius and knowledge above the level of her sex, her neglect of attention appropriate to the best half of creation, attentions called femininities, will more than counterbalance all her advantages and reduce her below other women.\"",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feminilidade"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feminidade"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feminitate"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "femininity",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ženskosť"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feminidad"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "zanonagi",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "занонагӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "näfislelek",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "нәфислелек"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "mölayemlılıq",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "мөлаемлылык"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "güzällek",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "гүзәллек"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "yomşaqlıq",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "йомшаклык"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "āḍatanaṁ",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "word": "ఆడతనం"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "žinóčistʹ",
          "sense": "femininity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "жіно́чість"
        }
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      "word": "antifemininity"
    },
    {
      "word": "cisfemininity"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperfemininity"
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    {
      "word": "toxic femininity"
    }
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tajik translations",
        "Terms with Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "en:Female",
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          "ref": "2005 April 17, Francine Rose, “'The Peabody Sisters': Reflected Glory”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "It's almost eerie, in the wake of the Lawrence Summers controversy, to encounter the words of an earlier Harvard president, John Kirkland, a \"friend and mentor\" of Elizabeth's, who advised her that if any woman \"is raised by genius and knowledge above the level of her sex, her neglect of attention appropriate to the best half of creation, attentions called femininities, will more than counterbalance all her advantages and reduce her below other women.\"",
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          "ref": "2012, Jo Reger, Everywhere and Nowhere, page 160:",
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      ],
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      "code": "ady",
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      "roman": "bzəlˢfəğağ",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бзылъфыгъагъ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "اُنوثة"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "nəfislek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "нәфислек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "möləyemlek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "мөләйемлек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "güzəllek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "гүзәллек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kürkəmlek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "күркәмлек"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žanóckascʹ",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жано́цкасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùnǚ tèzhì",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "婦女特質 /妇女特质"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ženskost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ženství"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvindelighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "vrouwelijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "ineco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "naiselikkus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "naisellisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "feminiinisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "féminité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kaluroba",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "ქალურობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weiblichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fraulichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thilykótita",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θηλυκότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "strītva",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्त्रीत्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nārītva",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नारीत्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banúlacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "femminilità"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onna-rashisa",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "女らしさ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょせいせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "joseisei",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "女性性"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "äieldık",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "әйелдік"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sievišķīgums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sievišķība"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bwoirrinid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bwoirrinys"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "femynyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "femininitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "femininitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wīfhād"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zanânegi",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "زنانگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kobiecość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żeńskość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žénstvennostʹ",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "же́нственность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жѐнствено̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "же̏нско̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žènstvenōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žȅnskōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ženskosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feminidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "femineidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zanonagi",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "занонагӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "näfislelek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "нәфислелек"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "mölayemlılıq",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "мөлаемлылык"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "güzällek",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "гүзәллек"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "yomşaqlıq",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "йомшаклык"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "āḍatanaṁ",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "word": "ఆడతనం"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žinóčistʹ",
      "sense": "femininity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жіно́чість"
    }
  ],
  "word": "femininity"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.