女性 — meaning in English

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.

Senses

女性 is used for these senses in English:

• female One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
• feminine (grammar) The feminine gender.
• woman A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

female — full definition

1. noun A person, animal, or plant of the sex or gender that produces eggs or bears offspring.
2. adj Relating to or being female.

feminine — full definition

1. adj Having qualities traditionally associated with women, such as gentleness or delicacy.
2. adj Relating to women or the female sex.
3. adj In grammar, belonging to the gender category that includes words for female beings in languages that mark gender.

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