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femme fatales

femme fatales is the plural of femme fatale.

Meaning of femme fatale

Noun

femme fatale (plural femmes fatales or femme fatales)

  1. An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.
    • Cause everybody knows (She's a femme fatale) / The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)1967, Lou Reed, “Femme Fatale”, in The Velvet Underground & Nico, performed by The Velvet Underground
    Antonyms:
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Questions about femme fatales

What is femme fatales the plural of?
Femme fatales is the plural of femme fatale.

Words near femme fatales in the dictionary

  1. femme fatale firefly
  2. femme fatale lightning beetle
  3. femme fatale lightning beetles
  4. femme fatale lightning bug
  5. femme fatale lightning bugs
  6. femme fatales
  7. femme fen
  8. femme incomprise
  9. Femme&M's
  10. femme-Nazi
  11. femme-Nazis

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