femelle

Inherited from Middle French femelle, from Old French femele, from Latin femella.

• IPA^(key): /fə.mɛl/

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femelle (plural femelles)

1. female

femelle f (plural femelles)

1. female (of a species)
2. (Louisiana, Cajun) woman, girl
3. (Louisiana, Cajun) wife

• femelle used for humans is considered pejorative in Standard French. The standard term is féminin for the adjective, femme for the noun.

• mâle

• fille
• femme
• féminin

• “femelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “femelle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “femelle” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

femelle

1. Alternative form of femele

femelle

1. Alternative form of femele

femelle m or f (plural femelles)

1. female

• masle