Female Definition
fēmāl
females
adjective
Designating or of the sex that produces ova and bears offspring.
Webster's New World
Of, characteristic of, or suitable to members of this sex; feminine.
Webster's New World
Consisting of women or girls.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a reproductive structure or part containing large gametes (eggs) that can be fertilized by smaller, motile gametes (sperms)
Webster's New World
Having pistils, archegonia, or oogonia, but no stamens or antheridia.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- distaff
- matronlike
- matronal
- little-girlish
- gentlewomanlike
- uterine
- spindle
- pistillate (bot.)
- muliebral
- gynecic
- matrilineal
- maidenly
- gynecological
- effeminate
- womanlike
Antonyms:
noun
females
A female animal or plant.
Webster's New World
A female person; woman or girl.
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Other Word Forms of Female
Noun
Singular:
femalePlural:
femalesOrigin of Female
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From Old French femele, from Medieval Latin femella (“a female”), from Latin femella (“a young female, a girl”), diminutive of femina (“a woman”). The English spelling was remodelled under the influence of male, which is not etymologically related. Compare man and woman.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English alteration (influenced by male male) of femelle from Old French from Latin fēmella diminutive of fēmina woman dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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