English Dictionary

female

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfiː.meɪl/

形容詞

比較不可 通常 女性形 活用形 属格 比喩的用法

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. / Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

日本語の意味

女性の。卵巣で卵子を産生する性に属する、またはそれに関連する。 / 女性特有の、または女性に類する特徴を持つ。

The female scientist presented her findings at the conference.

女性の科学者は学会で研究結果を発表した。

意味（1）

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger

意味（2）

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration

意味（3）

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

the female chromosome; estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males

意味（4）

(grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.

意味（5）

(of bacteria) Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).

In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have this factor are considered females.

意味（6）

(figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

A ground-joint union is made in three separate pieces and is used for joining two pipes. It consists of two machined pieces with female pipe threads, which are screwed on the pipes to be united, and a threaded collar which holds the two pieces of the union together.

femaler （ comparative ）

more female （ comparative ）

femalest （ superlative ）

most female （ superlative ）