femininus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- foeminīnus, faeminīnus (not classical)
Etymology
[edit]From fēmina (“woman”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feː.miˈniː.nus/, [feːmɪˈniːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fe.miˈni.nus/, [femiˈniːnus]
Adjective
[edit]fēminīnus (feminine fēminīna, neuter fēminīnum, adverb fēminīnē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | fēminīnus | fēminīna | fēminīnum | fēminīnī | fēminīnae | fēminīna | |
Genitive | fēminīnī | fēminīnae | fēminīnī | fēminīnōrum | fēminīnārum | fēminīnōrum | |
Dative | fēminīnō | fēminīnō | fēminīnīs | ||||
Accusative | fēminīnum | fēminīnam | fēminīnum | fēminīnōs | fēminīnās | fēminīna | |
Ablative | fēminīnō | fēminīnā | fēminīnō | fēminīnīs | |||
Vocative | fēminīne | fēminīna | fēminīnum | fēminīnī | fēminīnae | fēminīna |
Synonyms
[edit]- (feminine): muliebris
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “feminine”): masculīnus, masculus
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (grammar): masculīnus, neuter, commūnis
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “femininus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- femininus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.