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1 femme
femme [fam]1. feminine nouna. ( = individu) woman• les femmes et les enfants d'abord ! women and children first!b. ( = épouse) wife2. invariable adjective3. compounds* * *fam
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1) gén womanvêtements pour femmes — women's ou ladies' clothes
elle fait très femme — ( jeune fille) she looks quite grown-up
elle est très femme — ( adulte) she's very feminine
2) ( épouse) wife
2.
femme(-) (in compounds)femme-femme — (colloq) very feminine woman
Phrasal Verbs:- bon••ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut — Proverbe what a woman wants, a woman gets
souvent femme varie (bien fol est celui qui s'y fie) — Proverbe woman is fickle
* * *fam nf1) (personne de sexe féminin) woman2) (= épouse) wifeC'est la femme du directeur. — She's the headmaster's wife.
* * *A nf1 ( adulte de sexe féminin) woman; femme mariée married woman; une voix de femme a woman's voice; vêtements pour femmes women's ou ladies' clothes; c'est la femme de sa vie she's the love of his life; c'est la femme de mes rêves she's the woman of my dreams;2 ( comme archétype) woman; métier de femme woman's job; la femme des années 90 the woman of the '90s; le fait d'être femme the fact of being a woman; devenir femme to become a woman; un métier de femme a woman's job; elle fait très femme [jeune fille] she looks quite grown-up; elle est très femme [femme] she's very feminine; elle n'est pas femme à mentir she's not a woman to lie;3 ( épouse) wife; la femme du directeur the manager's wife; c'est sa femme she's his wife; prendre femme† to take a wife†; prendre qn pour femme to take sb to wife‡.B femme(-) ( in compounds) femme-écrivain woman writer; femme médecin woman ou lady† doctor; femme cadre executive woman; femme-prêtre woman priest; femme-soldat woman soldier; femme enfant little-girlish woman; femme-objet sex object; femme-femme○ very feminine woman.femme d'action woman of action; femme active working woman; femme d'affaires businesswoman; femme à barbe ( au cirque) bearded lady; femme battue battered wife; femme de chambre (employée d'hôtel, de maison) chambermaid; ( attachée au service d'une dame) lady's maid, personal maid; femme de charge housekeeper; femme de cœur caring person; femme entretenue kept woman; femme facile pej loose woman; femme fatale femme fatale; femme au foyer housewife; femme galante courtesan; femme d'intérieur homemaker; être très femme d'intérieur to care very much about one's home; femme de journée = femme de ménage; femme de lettres woman of letters; femme de mauvaise vie loose woman; femme de ménage cleaner, cleaning woman ou lady; femme du monde well-bred lady; femme de petite vertu woman of easy virtue; femme de service ( dans une collectivité) cleaner, cleaning lady; femme de tête assertive woman.ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut Prov what a woman wants, a woman gets; souvent femme varie (bien fol est celui qui s'y fie) Prov woman is fickle.[fam] nom féminin1. [personne] womanfemme ingénieur/soldat woman engineer/soldierune femme à poigne/de parole a tough/reliable womanfemme de ménage, femme à journée ou (Belgique) d'ouvrage cleaning lady, daily (woman) (UK), maid (US)femme de chambre maid, chambermaid2. [adulte]3. [ensemble de personnes]la femme, les femmes woman, womenla libération/les droits de la femme women's liberation/rights4. [épouse] wife5. (comme adjectif) [féminine]
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