femele

Middle English

Alternative forms

• femaille, femal, female, femawle, femayll, femel, femelle, femmale, ffemale

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French femele, from Latin fēmella. Some forms are influenced by male (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːˈmɛːl(ə)/, /ˈfɛːmɛl(ə)/
• (influenced by male) IPA^(key): /fɛːˈmaːl(ə)/

Adjective

femele

1. female (of feminine sex or gender)
2. Used in extended reference to supposedly "female" gems, trees, plants, or astrological portents.

Related terms

• femynyne

Descendants

• English: female
• Scots: female

References

• “fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

femele (plural femeles)

1. A woman; a female human or animal.

Descendants

• English: female
• Scots: female

References

• “fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmella f, a diminutive of fēmina f.

Adjective

femele m (oblique and nominative feminine singular femele)

1. female

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	femeles	femele	femele
	oblique	femele			femele	femele
plural	subject	femele	femeles		femele
	oblique	femeles			femeles	femele

Derived terms

• femmette f
• femelette f

Descendants

• Middle French: femelle
  • French: femelle
    • → Romanian: femelă f
• → Middle English: femele, femaille, femal, female, femawle, femayll, femel, femelle, femmale, ffemale
  • English: female
  • Scots: female

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈme.le/

Noun

femele

1. plural of femelă