"femelle" meaning in Middle French

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Adjective

Forms: femelles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French femele, from Latin femella. Cognate with Middle English femele. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frm|fro|femele|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French femele, {{inh+|frm|fro|femele}} Inherited from Old French femele, {{inh|frm|la|femella}} Latin femella, {{cog|enm|femele}} Middle English femele Head templates: {{head|frm|adjective|plural|femelles||mf||femelles||{{{mp2}}}||femellees|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=f|s|f3accel-form=m|p|f5accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=f|head=}} femelle m or f (plural femelles), {{frm-adj|mf}} femelle m or f (plural femelles)
  1. female Tags: feminine, masculine Related terms: femmelette [feminine] Coordinate_terms: masle
    Sense id: en-femelle-frm-adj-nxZROajC Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Female
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        }
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        "lit": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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      ]
    }
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  ],
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin femella",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "femele"
      },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
      "word": "femmelette"
    }
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        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Latin",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
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