English

Adjective

female (no comparative or superlative form)

1. Belonging to the feminine gender
2. Referring to the feminine gender
3. (Figurative, electronics, etc.) having an internal plug or outlet

Antonyms

• male
• neuter

Translations

• Arabic: أنثى
• Bulgarian: женски m, женска f
• Catalan: femení m, femenina f
• Chinese: 女性
• Danish: hun- or hunlig (of plants and animals); kvindelig (of humans) (1,2 & 3)
• Dutch: vrouwelijk
• Esperanto: ina
• Finnish: naispuolinen , nais-
• French: féminin
• German: weiblich
• Greek:θηλικός
• Guarani: kuña
• Hebrew: נקבה (Ne'ke'va) (2), נשי (Na'shi) (1)
•  : -in
• Indonesian: perempuan, wanita, betina
• Interlingua: femina (attributive) (1); feminin (1,2)
• Italian: femminile
• Japanese: 雌 (めす, mesu)
• Korean: 여성 (yeoseon)
• Latin: feminina , -ae f
• Polish: samiczy m, samicza f, samicze n, kobiecy m, -a f, -e n
• Portuguese: fêmea f (1); feminino m, feminina f (1,2)
• Russian: женский
• Spanish: femenino m, feminina f
• Tupinambá: kunhã

Noun

female, plural females

1. someone or something of feminine sex or gender

Translations

• Arabic: أنثى
• Bulgarian: женска f
• Chinese: 女性
• Danish: kvinde c
• Dutch: vrouw c
• Esperanto: ino
• Finnish: naaras (of animals), naispuolinen , nais-
• French: femelle (femme for woman)
• German: Frau f
• Greek: θήλυ
• Guarani: kuña
• Ido  : femino
• Interlingua: femina
• Italian: femmina f
• Latin: femina f
• Japanese: 女性
• Korean: 여성 (yeoseong)
• Latin: feminina , -ae f
• Norwegian: kvinne
• Polish: samica f (insulting if used to describe a woman), kobieta f
• Portuguese: fêmea f
• Russian: самка (samka)
• Slovene: ženska f, samica f (with animals)
• Spanish: hembra f
• Tupinambá: kunhã

See also

• ♀ (Symbol for female)