♦ female

♦ female
♦ female /ˈfi:meɪl/
A a.
1 (biol.) femminile: the female body, il corpo femminile
2 (rif. ad animale) femmina (attr.) (ma vi può anche corrispondere un sost. femminile): a female tiger, una tigre femmina; una femmina di tigre; female cat, gatta; female bear, orsa
3 (rif. a persona) (di sesso) femminile; donna (attr.) (ma vi può anche corrispondere un sost. femminile): female audience, pubblico femminile; a female prime minister, un primo ministro donna; female child, figlia femmina; figlia; my female friends, le mie amiche; female student, studentessa; Most students here are female, la maggior parte degli studenti qui sono femmine
4 femminile; della donna; delle donne: (econ.) female labour, manodopera femminile; (polit.) female suffrage, voto alle donne; female crime, delitti compiuti da donne
5 (tecn.) femmina: female gauge, calibro femmina
B n.
1 (biol.) femmina
2 donna; femmina: Opposite me sat a female of uncertain age, davanti a me sedeva una donna di età indefinibile
● (bot.) female fern, (Athyrium filix-foemina) felce femmina; (Pteridium aquilinum) felce aquilina □ (fam., elettr.) female plug, presa (di corrente); □ (mecc.) female screw, vite femmina; madrevite □ (leg.) female ward, pupilla
femaleness
n. [u]
l'essere femmina; l'essere donna; natura femminile; femminilità.
NOTA D'USO: -female o feminine?-

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