femele

Middle English

Alternative forms

femaille, femal, female, femawle, femayll, femel, femelle, femmale, ffemale

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French femele, from Latin fēmella. Some forms are influenced by male (“male”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛːˈmɛːl(ə)/, /ˈfɛːmɛl(ə)/
(influenced by male) IPA^(key): /fɛːˈmaːl(ə)/

Adjective

femele

female (of feminine sex or gender)
Used in extended reference to supposedly "female" gems, trees, plants, or astrological portents.

Related terms

femynyne

Descendants

English: female
Scots: female

References

“fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

femele (plural femeles)

A woman; a female human or animal.

Descendants

English: female
Scots: female

References

“fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmella.

Adjective

femele m (oblique and nominative feminine singular femele)

female

Declension

Declension of femele

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	femeles	femele	femele
Singular	Oblique	femele	femele	femele
Plural	Subject	femele	femeles	femele
Plural	Oblique	femeles	femeles	femele

Descendants

Middle French: femelle
- French: femelle
→ Middle English: femele, femaille, femal, female, femawle, femayll, femel, femelle, femmale, ffemale
- English: female
- Scots: female

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feˈme.le/

Noun

femele

plural of femelă

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