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English
Etymology
First recorded in English 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus , from fēmina ( “ woman ” ) . See also feminine , feminism .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfɛmənɪst/
Hyphenation: fem‧in‧ist
Adjective
feminist (comparative more feminist , superlative most feminist )
relating to or in accordance with feminism .
Hypernym: egalitarian
Translations
relating to or in accordance with feminism
Noun
feminist (plural feminists )
an advocate of feminism ; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life
Hypernym: egalitarian
a member of a feminist political movement
Derived terms
Translations
advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
Afrikaans: feminis (af)
Albanian: feminist m , feministe f
Arabic: نسوي m ( nasawiyy ) , نسوية f ( nasawiyya )
Armenian: ֆեմինիստ ( feminist )
Azerbaijani: feminist
Belarusian: феміні́ст m ( fjeminíst ) , феміні́стка f ( fjeminístka ) , фэміні́ст m ( feminíst ) , фэміні́стка f ( feminístka )
Bulgarian: фемини́ст m ( feminíst ) , фемини́стка (bg) f ( feminístka )
Catalan: feminista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女權主義者 / 女权主义者 (zh) ( nǚquánzhǔyìzhě ) , 女權擴張論者 / 女权扩张论者 ( nǚquánkuòzhānglùnzhě )
Czech: feminista (cs) m , feministka (cs) f
Danish: feminist c , kvindeforkæmper c , kvindesagsforkæmper c
Dutch: feminist (nl) m , feministe (nl) f
Esperanto: feministo (eo) ( male or female ) , feministino ( female )
Estonian: feminist (et)
Finnish: feministi (fi)
French: féministe (fr) m or f
Galician: feminista (gl) m or f
Georgian: ფემინისტი ( peminisṭi )
German: Feminist (de) m , Feministin (de) f
Greek: φεμινιστής (el) m ( feministís ) , φεμινίστρια (el) f ( feminístria )
Hebrew: פֶמִינִיסְט m ( feminíst ) , פמיניסטית f ( feministít )
Hindi: महिलावादी m ( mahilāvādī ) , नारीवादी m ( nārīvādī ) , स्त्रीवादी m ( strīvādī )
Hungarian: feminista (hu)
Icelandic: femínisti m
Ido: feministo (io)
Indonesian: feminis
Irish: feimineach m , feiminí m
Italian: femminista (it) m or f
Japanese: フェミニスト (ja) ( feminisuto ) , 女権拡張論者 ( じょけんかくちょうろんしゃ, jokenkakuchōronsha )
Kazakh: феминист ( feminist )
Korean: 여성주의자(女性主義者) ( yeoseongjuuija ) , 페미니스트 ( peminiseuteu )
Kyrgyz: феминист ( feminist )
Latvian: feminists m , feministe f
Ligurian: feminìsta m or f
Lithuanian: feministas m , feministė f
Macedonian: фемини́ст m ( feminíst ) , фемини́стка f ( feminístka )
Malay: feminis
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: феминист ( feminist )
Mongolian: ᠹᠧᠮᠢᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ ( fēminist )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feminist m
Nynorsk: feminist m
Occitan: feminista m or f
Persian: فمینیست (fa) ( feminist )
Polish: feminista (pl) m , feministka (pl) f
Portuguese: feminista (pt) m or f
Romanian: feminist (ro) m , feministă (ro) f
Russian: фемини́ст (ru) m ( feminíst ) , фемини́стка (ru) f ( feminístka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: феминиста m , феминист m , феминѝсткиња f , феминистица f
Roman: feminista m , feminist m , feminìstkinja (sh) f , feministica f
Slovak: feministka f , feminista m
Slovene: feminist m , feministka f
Spanish: feminista (es) m or f
Swahili: mfeministi
Swedish: feminist (sv) c
Tajik: феминист ( feminist )
Turkish: feminist (tr) , hatuncu
Turkmen: feminist
Ukrainian: феміні́ст m ( feminíst ) , феміні́стка f ( feminístka )
Uzbek: feminist
Welsh: benywydd m or f , ffeminydd m , ffeminyddes f
Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט m ( feminist ) , פֿעמיניסטין f ( feministin )
Yoruba: aṣègbèfábo
member of a feminist political movement
Catalan: feminista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女權主義者 / 女权主义者 (zh) ( nǚquánzhǔyìzhě )
Dutch: feminist (nl) m , feministe (nl) f
Esperanto: feministo (eo) ( male or female ) , feministino ( female )
Finnish: feministi (fi)
Galician: feminista (gl) m or f
German: Feminist (de) m , Feministin (de) f
Ido: feministo (io)
Irish: feimineach m , feiminí m
Korean: 여성운동가(女性運動家) ( yeoseong'undongga )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feminist m
Nynorsk: feminist m
Polish: feminista (pl) m , feministka (pl) f
Portuguese: feminista (pt) m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: феминиста m , феминист m , феминѝсткиња f , феминистица f
Roman: feminista m , feminist m , feminìstkinja (sh) f , feministica f
Slovak: feministka f , feminista m
Spanish: feminista (es) m or f
Swedish: feminist (sv) c
Turkish: feminist (tr)
Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט m ( feminist ) , פֿעמיניסטין f ( feministin )
References
“feminist ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
feminist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
“feminist ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
Danish
Etymology
From French féministe .
Noun
feminist c (singular definite feministen , plural indefinite feminister )
feminist
Synonyms: kvindeforkæmper , kvindesagsforkæmper
Declension
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Dutch
Etymology
Internationalism, probably borrowed from French or English.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌfeː.miˈnɪst/
Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist
Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
feminist m (plural feministen , diminutive feministje n , feminine feministe )
feminist
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
feminist m (definite singular feministen , indefinite plural feminister , definite plural feministene )
a feminist
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
feminist m (definite singular feministen , indefinite plural feministar , definite plural feministane )
a feminist
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French féministe .
Noun
feminist m (plural feminiști )
feminist
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
feminist m (Cyrillic spelling феминист )
feminist
Swedish
Noun
feminist c
feminist
Declension
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Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French féministe .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /femiˈnist/ ,
Rhymes: -ist
Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist
Adjective
feminist
feminist
Noun
feminist (definite accusative feministi , plural feministler )
a feminist
Declension
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