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> female, feminine and feminist female, feminine and feminist all relate to women but they are by no means interchangeable. Female refers to the sex of a person, animal or plant, as in "the female members of the group", "the female wolf and her cubs" and "the female reproductive cells". It refers to the childbearing sex and contrasts with "male". Feminine means "having qualities that are considered typical of women or are traditionally associated with women", as in "wear feminine clothes", "take part in supposedly feminine pursuits, such as cooking and sewing" and "feminine hairstyles". It is the opposite of "masculine". It can be used of men as well as women, when it is usually derogatory, as in "He has a very feminine voice" and "He walks in a very feminine way". When applied in a derogatory way to a man, feminine means much the same as effeminate. Feminine also applies to the gender of words, as in "Lioness is the feminine form of lion". Feminist means "referring to feminism", "feminism" being "a movement based on the belief that women should have the same rights, opportunities, etc", as in "management trying to avoid appointing anyone with feminist ideas" and "Equal opportunities is one of the aims of the feminist movement". Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary