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Female
/ˈfiːmeɪl/
A word used to describe someone or something that belongs to the gender typically associated with women and girls.
Synonyms:
woman
lady
girl
feminine
womanly
Antonyms:
male
masculine
Examples:
She's one of those forceful
females
.
"You
female
numbers seem to be incurably riddled with prejudices.
Create a
female
of my own kind.
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin
femella
, a diminutive of
femina
meaning woman. Adopted into Middle English as
femele
or
femelle
.
Usage Statistics:
61 mentions per 1 million words
Often
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