female in English: Belonging to the sex that can have babies or lay eggs. A woman or a girl is female. (adjective)

Translation

Belonging to the sex that can have babies or lay eggs. A woman or a girl is female.

Word origin

From Old French femelle, from Latin femella meaning a young woman; English later changed the spelling to match male.

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"Female" is used for animals as well as people.

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Here "female" describes the people, so it comes after the verb.

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"Female" is the opposite of "male".

woman

An adult female person.

girl

A female child, or a young female person.

male

Belonging to the sex that cannot have babies. A man or a boy is male.

mother

A woman who has a child; your female parent.

man

An adult male human being.

sexual

Connected with sex, or connected with being male or female.

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