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fem.

fem. is the abbreviation of feminine.

fem. is the abbreviation of femoral.

Meaning of feminine

Adjective

feminine (comparative more feminine, superlative most feminine)

  1. Of or pertaining to the female gender.
  2. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
    Synonyms:
    female, womanly
  3. Belonging to females; typically used by females.
    • Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
  4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive, sensual; womanly.
    • Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Antonyms:
    masculine, manly
  5. Being of the feminine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
    Synonyms:
    female
  6. Being inflected in agreement with a feminine noun.
    • Women's names were formed in the same way as men's, but with feminine terminations […]1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii
    Synonyms:
    female

See all 12 meanings of feminine

Meaning of femoral

Adjective

femoral (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

Forms of fem.

pluralfems.

Questions about fem.

What is fem. the abbreviation of?
Fem. is the abbreviation of feminine.

Words near fem. in the dictionary

  1. felypressin
  2. fem
  3. fem lib
  4. Fem&M's
  5. fem-
  6. fem.
  7. FEMA
  8. femaghastingsite
  9. femal
  10. femal artery
  11. female

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fem. (page history and authors); feminine (page history and authors); femoral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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