femme

English

/fɛm/

noun
Definitions
  • A woman, a wife; (now) a young woman or girl.
  • (LGBT) A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
  • (LGBT) A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

Etymology

Derived from French femme (woman, wife) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁(y)-

Gloss

suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

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