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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fem
Phonetic Transcription : fɛm



Definition of femme

Origin :
  • French, literally "woman," from Old French feme, from Latin femina (see feminine). Slang meaning "passive and more feminine partner in a lesbian couple" attested by 1961.
  • As in female : noun woman
Example sentences :
  • But Frou-frou is in no sense the true Femme Galante of her day.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • But the real Femme Galante of to-day has been missed hitherto.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • I hope the French will some day get a word for it, yet, instead of their dreadful 'femme.'
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • He died in 1820, at the town called Femme Osage, as you know.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans on the Missouri » by Emerson Hough
  • She is a femme savante, though not of the odious blue-stocking variety.
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • I will say to her, 'Madame, there is an artiste who wishes to meet a femme du monde.'
  • Extract from : « Sylvia & Michael » by Compton Mackenzie
  • He has known her such a little while, and he is conscious that she is not a femme facile.
  • Extract from : « A House-Party » by Ouida
  • I took the freedom to reply in the same lingo: Bienne, femme!
  • Extract from : « St. Ives » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • It was the corpse of Madame Sraphin, the notary's femme de charge.
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 » by Eugne Sue
  • The femme de chambre would have had her cheek at the keyhole, to catch what he might say.
  • Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid

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