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   femme

   /fɛm/

   noun

   • 1. a lesbian whose appearance and behaviour are seen as traditionally feminine.
   • 2. a woman: informal, dated "Gwen is one seriously fierce femme as she shows off her strength"

   adjective

   • 1. female; feminine: "a post-feminist metaphor for femme empowerment"
   • ▪ (of a lesbian) having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as feminine.

   Word Origin early 19th century: French, ‘woman’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   Where did the word femme come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word femme is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for femme is from 1814, in the writing of Lord Byron, poet. femme is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French femme.

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   What does femme fatale mean?

   • In flashback, we learn how this man lost the will to live, a story that naturally involves a femme fatale. 2 meanings: 1. a woman or wife 2. (fɛm) a lesbian who is regarded as having traditionally feminine traits.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does femme mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. FEMME definition: 1. (of a gay woman) behaving in a traditionally female way: 2. a gay woman who behaves in a…. Learn more.

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   What does feme mean in French?

   • From Old French fame, femme, feme, from Latin femina, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁ (y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Various spellings such as feme, fame and fenme were used in Old French. femme f (plural femmes)

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   Is 'Femme' a feminist phrase?

   • "Femme is Radical, and Femme-Shaming Isn't Feminist". Harlot Media. Retrieved 2017-04-01. ^ a b "What We Mean When We Say "Femme": A Roundtable". Autostraddle. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2017-04-01. ^ Boom, Kesiena (16 March 2018). "Why the Popular Phrase "Women and Femmes" Makes No Sense". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

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   What does 'female' mean?

   • Since the late 2010s, influenced by the emergence of queer and transgender culture on sites such as Tumblr, Everyday Feminism, and Autostraddle, femme has been expanded to describe feminine people across gender and sexuality categories including heterosexual women, cisgender men and transfeminine people.

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   Femme is a term for a feminine woman who is attracted to women, men or both. Learn about the history, culture and variations of femme identity, from butch-femme to online discourse.

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   Femme is a noun that can mean a woman or wife, or a lesbian who is feminine or effeminate. Learn the origin, pronunciation, synonyms, and examples of femme in British and American English.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, etymology and frequency of the word femme, a French term for woman. See also related words and compounds in the OED.