female
- noun
- /ˈfiːmeɪl/
- But, you know, it says male and female created in his image.
- males and females
- more females
- gender: female
You're maybe the one or two females there.
- You're maybe the one or two females there.
- And then the answer would be male, female, other.
- But, you know, it says male and female created in his image.
- It's just how we are as females, females.
- Yeah, I was with a female in the bathroom at.
- So gangsters, heists, that's more men for females, it's more scams and murders.
- Don't ever touch the the female and the the the the kid.
Examples
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We do have, we do have female teachers.
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What advice would you give to females in high schools regarding English and their futures?
Academic text (2011) -
I want to be a black female cop in America.
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"Am I supposed to take notes on every female I see and report to you?"
Fiction book (1992) -
What's your experience been trying to find female guests for your show?
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And is that more likely the case for female than for male musicians?
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So, yeah, because being a female in corrections is tough.
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And this is the number of young that females were able to fledge.
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Adults can survive for years without a blood meal, but a female will need to feed before fertilization.
Academic text (2011) -
The female bird built a nest in the tree to lay her eggs.
Synonyms
Adult females considered together as a group
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
Removal of any of the outer sexual parts of a girl or woman for cultural and religious reasons
- Specialized
Body parts in women and female animals that make eggs and support pregnancy
- Specialized
An organ inside the female body that makes eggs or supports a pregnancy
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word female comes from the Latin femina, which means 'woman'. It is the same root as feminine, so a female as a noun is a person who is a woman or who belongs to the sex that can have babies.