nainen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- female noun A person, animal, or plant of the sex or gender that produces eggs or bears offspring.
- feminine adj Having qualities traditionally associated with women, such as gentleness or delicacy.
- woman noun An adult female human.
- womanhood noun The state or condition of being a woman, especially as reached at maturity.
Senses
nainen is used for these senses in English:
- female Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
- female One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
- feminine Belonging to females; typically used by females.
- woman A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- womanhood The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
female — full definition
- noun A person, animal, or plant of the sex or gender that produces eggs or bears offspring.
- adj Relating to or being female.
feminine — full definition
- adj Having qualities traditionally associated with women, such as gentleness or delicacy.
- adj Relating to women or the female sex.
- adj In grammar, belonging to the gender category that includes words for female beings in languages that mark gender.