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1 femininity
[ˌfemə'nɪnətɪ]nome femminilità f.* * *noun (the quality of being feminine: She never used her femininity to win the argument.) femminilità* * *femininity /fɛməˈnɪnətɪ/n. [u]femminilità.* * *[ˌfemə'nɪnətɪ]nome femminilità f. -
2 femininity femi·nin·ity n
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3 womanhood
['wʊmənhʊd]nome (femininity) (l')essere donna, femminilità f.; (women collectively) sesso m. femminile, donne f.pl.* * *noun (the state of being a woman: She will reach womanhood in a few years' time.) (l'essere donna)* * *womanhood /ˈwʊmənhʊd/n. [u]1 l'esser donna; femminilità2 (fisiol.) maturità di donna* * *['wʊmənhʊd]nome (femininity) (l')essere donna, femminilità f.; (women collectively) sesso m. femminile, donne f.pl. -
4 feminine
['femənɪn] 1.nome ling. femminile m.2.1) [clothes, features] femminile; [ occupation] da donna; [ issue] che riguarda le donne2) ling. femminile* * *['feminin]1) (of a woman: a feminine voice.) femminile2) (with all the essential qualities of a woman: She was a very feminine person.) femminile3) (in certain languages, of one of usually two or three genders of nouns etc.) femminile•- feminism
- feminist* * *feminine /ˈfɛmənɪn/A a.1 femminile: feminine beauty, bellezza femminile; feminine company, compagnia femminile; (gramm.) feminine gender, genere femminile2 femmineo; donnescoB n.1 femminilità; femminile; femminino2 (gramm.) femminile● ( poesia) feminine caesura, cesura debole □ ( poesia) feminine rhyme, rima piana o sdrucciola; rima femminile □ the eternal feminine, l'eterno femmininofemininely avv. feminineness n. [u] NOTA D'USO: - female o feminine?-.* * *['femənɪn] 1.nome ling. femminile m.2.1) [clothes, features] femminile; [ occupation] da donna; [ issue] che riguarda le donne2) ling. femminile
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