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femme — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bird noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  • girl noun A female child.
  • rib noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
  • wife noun A married woman, in relation to her spouse.
  • woman noun An adult female human.

Senses

femme is used for these senses in English:

  • bird (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend. [from early 20th c.]
  • girl (sometimes, offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
  • rib (archaic, literary, or, humorous) A wife or woman.
  • woman A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

bird — full definition

  1. noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  2. noun (informal) An aircraft.
  3. noun (slang, British, dated/informal) A woman, especially a young one.
  4. noun (slang) The rude gesture made by extending the middle finger.

girl — full definition

  1. noun A female child.
  2. noun A young woman, informally.
  3. noun One's girlfriend.
  4. noun A daughter.

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