1. Associated with women and not with men
   "feminine intuition"
    
2. Female (of grammatical gender)
   "In French, 'la lune' (the moon) is a feminine noun"
    
3. Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
   "feminine virtues of gentleness and compassion";
   - womanly
    
4. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
   "a feminine ending"

1. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
   "In French, 'la table' (the table) is in the feminine gender"

Derived forms: feminines

See also: distaff, fair, female, maidenlike, maidenly, matronly, powder-puff, unstressed, womanlike

Type of: gender, grammatical gender

Antonym: masculine, neuter, unwomanly

Encyclopedia: Feminine