female

• adj.女性的な; 女性; 柔らかい、優しい
• n.女性;[動ける]雌の動物

ラテン語の語源fe, 吸う, 乳を吸う, ミルク, 語源的にはfelicity, fecundと同じ。つまり、乳を吸う女性。

female

female: [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so etymologically signified ‘person from whom milk is sucked’ (it came ultimately from the Indo-European base *dhēi-, which also produced Latin filia ‘daughter’ and filia ‘son’, source of English filial [15]). Fēmella passed into English via Old French femelle as femele, but as early as the end of the 14th century began to change, by association with male, to female.
=> feminine, filial

female (n.)

early 14c., from Old French femelle "woman, female" (12c.), from Medieval Latin femella "a female," from Latin femella "young female, girl," diminutive of femina "woman" (see feminine).

WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

[Kipling]

Sense extended in Vulgar Latin from young humans to female of other animals, then to females generally. Compare Latin masculus, also a diminutive (see masculine). Spelling altered late 14c. in erroneous imitation of male. In modern use usually as an adjective (early 14c.). Reference to implements with sockets and corresponding parts is from 1660s.

1. Valentino was virtually deified by legions of female fans.

ヴァレンティノは多くの女性崇拝者に神のように崇められている。

2.I realize there 's no consensus on what are male or female values.

男性の価値観と女性の価値観とは何かについて共通認識がないことに気づいた。

3.Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60 s female rock singer.

ジャニス?ジョプリンは1960年代のロック女性歌手の代表格だった。

4. Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.

女性ファンが警備員の制止を破り、服を引き裂いた。

5.Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female .

ニューヨークのマティはレズビアンではないと主張している。