femelle

Inherited from Middle French femelle, from Old French femele, from Latin fēmella f.

• IPA^(key): /fə.mɛl/

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femelle (plural femelles)

1. female

femelle f (plural femelles)

1. female (of a species)
2. (Louisiana, Cajun) woman, girl
3. (Louisiana, Cajun) wife

• femelle used for humans is considered pejorative in Standard French. The standard term is féminin for the adjective, femme f for the noun.

• mâle

• fille f
• femme f
• féminin

• → Romanian: femelă f

• “femelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “femelle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “femelle” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

femelle

1. alternative form of femele

femelle

1. alternative form of femele

Inherited from Old French femele, from Latin femella.

Cognate with Middle English femele.

femelle m or f (plural femelles)

1. female

• masle

• femmelette f

• French: femelle
  • → Romanian: femelă f