female
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, usually)Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male
- 2.
(not comparable, usually)Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
- 3.
(not comparable, usually)Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
the female chromosome
estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males
- 4.
(feminine, form of, not comparable, usually)(grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
- 5.
(not comparable, usually)(of bacteria) Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
- 6.
(figuratively, not comparable, usually)Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
- 2.
A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
- 3.
A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
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From Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (female), from fēmella (a female), from Latin fēmella (a girl, a young female, a young woman), diminutive of fēmina (a woman). The English spelling and pronunciation were remodelled under the influence of male, which is otherwise not etymologically related.