Definitions For Femme

Adjective

(chiefly, North America, journalism, entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female. from 20th c. (chiefly, derogatory) effeminate, effeminate (of a man). from 20th c. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman. from 20th c. : Her style was more femme than butch.

Antonyms

LGBT butch

Noun

FEMME (plural FEMMEs) A woman, a wife; (now, chiefly, North America) a young woman or girl. from 19th c. (LGBT) A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch. from 20th c. : Synonym: fem, q1=less common (LGBT, less common) A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

Antonyms

LGBT butch

Coordinate terms

person with a feminine-leaning gender masc, pos=n

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, dʰeh₁(y)}} From {{der, en, fr, femme, , woman}}. Compare feme.

See also

en femme

Is Femme a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Femme is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

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