femme
French
noun
Definitions
- woman
- wife
- (LGBT) contrast m
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French femme inherited from Old French fame (celebrity, renown) inherited from Latin fēmina (woman, female, wife) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (nursing, breastfeeding).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂
Gloss
nursing, breastfeeding
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fitz- English
- autofellatio English
- fame English
- fecund English
- fecundation English
- fecundity English
- felicitous English
- fellator English
- fellatrix English
- femicide English
- feminology English
- femme English
- femme fatale English
- femmephobia English
- femmephobic English
- femmeslash English
- femmy English
- transfeminated English
- transfemme English
- ultrafemme English
- (homo) *feminus Latin
- *feminus Latin
- -ellus Latin
- Fēlīx Latin
- faenus Latin
- fecundus Latin
- felicitas Latin
- fello Latin
- fellātio Latin
- femella Latin
- femina Latin
- feminal Latin
- femineus Latin
- femininus Latin
- fetus Latin
- foenum-graecum Latin
- fāma Latin
- fēlīcitās Latin
- fēmina Latin
- fētus Latin
- fīlia Latin
- femmina Italian
- femminicidio Italian
- femminiello Italian
- femminuccia Italian
- superfemmina Italian
- feminisme Dutch, Flemish
- de French
- fatale French
- fem French
- femme d'État French
- femme fatale French
- femmelette French
- fécond French
- féminologie French
- sage French
- sage-femme French
- État French
- femicidio Spanish, Castilian
- feminicidio Spanish, Castilian
- feminología Spanish, Castilian
- fémina Spanish, Castilian
- Τηθύς Ancient Greek
- θεῖος Ancient Greek
- θῆλυς Ancient Greek
- τίτθη Ancient Greek
- τιθήνη Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-lw-i Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁ylios Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁(y)-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- femicídio Portuguese
- feminicídio Portuguese
- fêmea Portuguese
- *dajjaną Proto-Germanic
- *dajjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dil- Proto-Germanic
- *dilkaz Proto-Germanic
- di Swedish
- dibarn Swedish
- feminizm Polish
- दधि Sanskrit
- धान्य Sanskrit
- dilkr Old Norse
- dilkær Old Norse
- die Danish
- feminologi Danish
- femme fatale Danish
- *dojiti Proto-Slavic
- *dětę Proto-Slavic
- *děva Proto-Slavic
- fame Old French
- feme Old French
- femme Old French
- feminitzar Catalan, Valencian
- femia Galician
- feminicidio Galician
- denu Welsh
- fame Middle Dutch
- դայեակ Old Armenian
- femër Albanian
- femme Middle French
- femea Old Portuguese
- *delu- Proto-Celtic
- *dī-āti-s Proto-Celtic
- *dʰa(H)inúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- femna Occitan
- *fēmanā Proto-Italic
- femine Friulian
- femna Old Occitan
- fémena Venetian
- *dā(i)tjā Proto-Albanian
- femia Dalmatian
- fanm Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fam Mauritian Creole
- fanne Bourguignon
- femena Ladin
- femmena Neapolitan
- fimana Istriot
- fam Louisiana Creole French
- fame Louisiana Creole French
- fanm Seychellois Creole
- fèna Franco-Provençal
- fanm Antillean Creole
- *dē- bat-pro
- دا Bakhtiari
- fam Karipúna Creole French
- fanme Champenois
- femme Poitevin-Saintongeais