See femme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(LGBTQ, rare) Alternative form of fem (“femme, feminine lesbian”) (contrast butch)"
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"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"feminine",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fam/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-femme.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/Fr-femme.ogg/Fr-femme.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Fr-femme.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "femme"
}
Download raw JSONL data for femme meaning in French (7.7kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ, rare",
"path": [
"femme"
],
"section": "French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "femme",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ, rare",
"path": [
"femme"
],
"section": "French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "femme",
"trace": ""
}
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