femminino

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēminīnus.

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

Adjective

femminino (feminine femminina, masculine plural femminini, feminine plural femminine) (literary)

  1. feminine, womanly
    Synonyms: (uncommon) donnesco, (literary) femmineo, (derogatory, uncommon) femminesco, femminile
    Antonyms: maschile, (literary) mascolino, virile
  2. (grammar) feminine (pertaining to the feminine gender)
    Synonym: femminile
    Antonyms: maschile, (obsolete) mascolino
    Hypernym: genere

Further reading
  • femminino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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