fœminin

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French

Adjective

fœminin (feminine fœminine, masculine plural fœminins, feminine plural fœminines)

  1. (hypercorrect) Obsolete form of féminin.
    • 1621, Jean Guenebauld, Le Réveil de Chyndonax Prince des Vacies Drvydes Celtiqves Diionois, page 16:
      Et meſmes dans l’eſcriture ſaincte le Soleil eſt appellé en Hebreu (Semes) au genre fœminin , a quoy appartiennent ces pages de Hieremie.
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