female

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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.)

原形: the feminine grammatical gender

このボタンはなに？

The female scientist presented her findings at the conference.

詳細

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

詳細

意味（2）

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

stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration

詳細

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

詳細

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.

詳細

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.

詳細

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.

詳細

femaler （ comparative ）

more female （ comparative ）

femalest （ superlative ）

most female （ superlative ）