feminineの意味・使い方・発音

feminine

英 ['femɪnɪn] 美 ['fɛmənɪn]

feminine (adj.): mid-14c., "of the female sex," from Old French femenin (12c.) "feminine, female; with feminine qualities, effeminate," from Latin femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," literally "she who suckles," from root of felare "to suck, suckle" (see fecund). Usual modern sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic of women" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Femininely.

The interplay of meanings now represented roughly in female "characteristic of the sex that bears children," feminine "having qualities considered appropriate to a woman," and effeminate "having female qualities in a bad sense, unmanly," and the attempt to keep them clear of each other, has led to many coinages. Among nouns, in addition to feminity "womanishness," femininity, femaleness, feminineness (1810, "female qualities"), there is feminitude (1878); feminility "womanliness" (1824); feminie "womankind" (late 14c.); femality (17c., "effeminacy;" 1754 "female nature"); feminacy "female nature" (1829); feminicity "quality or condition of being a woman" (1843). Also feminality (1640s, "quality or state of being female"), from rare adjective feminal "female, belonging to a woman" (late 14c.), from Old French feminal. And femineity "quality or state of being feminine," also "effeminate; womanly," from Latin femineus "of a woman, pertaining to a woman."

1. In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine .: 多くの言語では、形容詞の陽性と陰性の綴りはわずかに異なる。

3.Bead-work，applique and embroidery add a uniquely feminine touch.: ビーズ、エンボス、刺繍は独特の女性らしさを加えることができる。

4.If you venture from " feminine "standards,you are labelled aggressive and hostile.: 女性は女性らしさが足りないと気迫が強く、友好的ではない名前を背負ってしまう。

5.Crook liked her well enough，but remained indifferent to her feminine charms.: クルーガーは彼女のことが好きで、ただ彼女の女性的魅力には無関心だった。