feminino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin fēminīnus.

Adjective

feminino (feminine feminina, masculine plural femininos, feminine plural femininas)

1. feminine, womanly
2. (grammar) feminine

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fēminīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nì‧no

Adjective

feminino (feminine feminina, masculine plural feminini, feminine plural feminine)

1. (literary, poetic, obsolete) Alternative form of femminino

Latin

Adjective

fēminīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fēminīnus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• femenino (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēminīnus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈnĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈnĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈni.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.mɨˈni.nu/, (proscribed) /fɨ.miˈni.nu/

• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧ni‧no

Adjective

feminino (feminine feminina, masculine plural femininos, feminine plural femininas, comparable, comparative mais feminino, superlative o mais feminino or femininíssimo)

1. (comparable) having womanly qualities; womanly; feminine
2. (not comparable, grammar) of feminine gender; feminine

Derived terms

• femininidade

Related terms

• fêmea
• feminismo
• feminista

See also

• feminino on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt