feminiininen

Internationalism (see English feminine), ultimately from Latin fēminīnus and adapted with the adjectival suffix +‎ -inen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeminiːninen/,
• Rhymes: -iːninen
• Hyphenation^(key): fe‧mi‧nii‧ni‧nen

feminiininen

1. feminine (of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender)
2. feminine (of a woman, displaying characteristics regarded as positive in a woman; attractive)
3. feminine (of a male, resembling a woman)

• (attractive): naisellinen
• (resembling a woman): naismainen, napsu

• “feminiininen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02