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female

/ˈfiˌmeɪl/FEE-mayl
/ˈfiˌmeɪl/FEE-mayl

Meaninga young woman

Common meaning: of the sex that bears young

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DHA‘suck’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 163, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latinfemella‘a young woman’source
  3. Old Frenchfemellesource
  4. Middle Englishfemelesource
  5. Englishfemale‘of the sex that bears young’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin femella ‘a young woman’.

Roots

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