"femmina" meaning in Italian

See femmina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfem.mi.na/ Forms: femmina [masculine, plural], femmine [feminine, plural], femmina [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -emmina Etymology: Inherited from Latin fēmina. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|fēmina|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin fēmina, {{inh+|it|la|fēmina}} Inherited from Latin fēmina Head templates: {{it-adj|fpl=+|fpl2=#|mpl=#}} femmina (masculine plural femmina, feminine plural femmine or femmina)
  1. female Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-femmina-it-adj-nxZROajC Categories (other): Italian terms with collocations, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun

IPA: /ˈfem.mi.na/ Forms: femmine [plural], femminàccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -emmina Etymology: Inherited from Latin fēmina. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|fēmina|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin fēmina, {{inh+|it|la|fēmina}} Inherited from Latin fēmina Head templates: {{it-noun|f|dim_derog=femminèlla,femminétta,femminùccia<pos:also, “timid/weak/irresolute man or boy, pussy”>|pej=femminàccia}} femmina f (plural femmine, pejorative femminàccia, diminutive-derogatory femminèlla or femminétta or femminùccia (also, “timid/weak/irresolute man or boy, pussy”))
  1. female Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-femmina-it-noun-nxZROajC Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Links likely containing transcriptions in pos Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Links likely containing transcriptions in pos: 23 77 Related terms: effeminato, femminella, femmineo, femminile, femminilità, femminilizzazione, femminino, femminismo, femminuccia, sciupafemmine, donna

Inflected forms

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