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# feminine

«feminine» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **typical of or thought to be suitable for women or girls** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (feminine, more feminine); noun (the feminine — grammar)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feminine means typical of or thought to be suitable for women or girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#m1)

2) (grammar) In many languages, feminine is a group (gender) of nouns and words, like «la» words in French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#m2)

3) In English, some feminine word forms show a female: actress, lioness, waitress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Hebrew nouns are masculine or feminine. Sefer Yetzirah divides the letters by gender, and tradition sees the feminine as part of how God's creation is structured. In the primary lessons: In language lessons pupils learn feminine and masculine nouns in French, Spanish or German, and English pairs like prince/princess. In everyday life «feminine» describes styles and things linked to women; ideas about what is feminine change between places and times. Phrases: feminine form, feminine noun, feminine ending.

### examples

- «Lioness» is the feminine form of «lion». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x1)
- In French, «table» is a feminine noun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x2)
- She likes a feminine style with flowers and lace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x3)
- «Duchess» is the feminine of «duke». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x4)
- The poem has soft, feminine rhymes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x5)
- Boys and girls can like any colour — colours are not really feminine or masculine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x6)
- In Spanish, many feminine nouns end in «-a». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x7)
- [239] Kruchina, as an abstract idea, is of the feminine gender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/#x8)

### note

Opposite: masculine. Also «neuter» (neither) in grammar. Noun: femininity. Say: FEM-in-in. Myth: interests and colours are not fixed by being a girl or a boy.

### In the corpora

- [noir is the masculine and noire the feminine; both sound "NWAR": un chien noir, une souris noire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/16/)
- [une tortue is a tortoise or turtle and is always feminine, whether the animal is a boy or a girl.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/15-pets-and-animals/12/)
- [la bouche ("BOOSH") is the mouth and is feminine: ma bouche, even for a boy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/16-the-body/14/)
- [des chaussures noires means black shoes: the noun takes s and the colour takes e (feminine) and s (plural).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/17-clothes/12/)
- [Une personne is feminine even for a man, and un bébé is masculine even for a baby girl.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feminine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feminine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.