femme in Middle French

IPA: /ˈfa.mə/ Forms: femmes [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old French fame, femme, feme, from Latin femina, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Various spellings such as feme, fame and fenme were used in Old French. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|fame}} Old French fame, {{m|fro|femme}} femme, {{m|fro|feme}} feme, {{inh|frm|la|femina}} Latin femina, {{inh|frm|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂|*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂|t=(the one) nursing, breastfeeding}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), {{m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-||to suck, suckle}} *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”), {{m|fro|feme}} feme, {{m|fro|fame}} fame, {{m|fro|fenme}} fenme, {{inh|frm|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|femmes||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} femme f (plural femmes), {{frm-noun|f}} femme f (plural femmes)

Inflected forms

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          },
          "expansion": "French: femme\nAntillean Creole: fanm\nGuianese Creole: fanm\nHaitian Creole: fanm\nKaripúna Creole French: fam\nLouisiana Creole: fenm, famm\nSeychellois Creole: fanm",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: femme\nAntillean Creole: fanm\nGuianese Creole: fanm\nHaitian Creole: fanm\nKaripúna Creole French: fam\nLouisiana Creole: fenm, famm\nSeychellois Creole: fanm"
    }
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "femme",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "2": "feme"
      },
      "expansion": "feme",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "femina"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin femina",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "*dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*dʰeh₁(y)-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to suck, suckle"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”)",
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    },
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    {
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      },
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    },
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        "3": "-"
      },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "f"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle French",
  "lang_code": "frm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-femme-frm-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "woman (female adult human being)"
      ],
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          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "woman",
          "word": "dame"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfa.mə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "femme"
}

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    "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle French feminine nouns",
    "Middle French lemmas",
    "Middle French nouns",
    "Middle French terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
    "Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle French terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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          },
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        }
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      "text": "French: femme\nAntillean Creole: fanm\nGuianese Creole: fanm\nHaitian Creole: fanm\nKaripúna Creole French: fam\nLouisiana Creole: fenm, famm\nSeychellois Creole: fanm"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "femme"
      },
      "expansion": "femme",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "feme"
      },
      "expansion": "feme",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "femina"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin femina",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂",
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        "t": "(the one) nursing, breastfeeding"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to suck, suckle"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "feme"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "2": "fame"
      },
      "expansion": "fame",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "fenme"
      },
      "expansion": "fenme",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Middle French",
  "lang_code": "frm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
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        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman (female adult human being)"
      ],
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        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfa.mə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "woman",
      "word": "dame"
    }
  ],
  "word": "femme"
}

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"femme" meaning in Middle French

Noun

Inflected forms