feme

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English feme, from Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”), from Old French femme, from Latin fēmina. Doublet of femina, femme, and hembra. === Noun === feme (plural femes) (law, historical) A woman. ==== Derived terms ==== feme covert feme sole === Anagrams === meef == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum and Irish feidhm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːm/ === Noun === feme m (genitive singular feme, plural femeyn) need, necessity myr vees feme rish as needed === Mutation === === References === == Middle English == === Verb === feme alternative form of femen == Old French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfemə/ === Noun === feme oblique singular, f (oblique plural femes, nominative singular feme, nominative plural femes) alternative form of fame == Spanish == === Verb === feme inflection of femar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Walloon == === Etymology === From Old French feme, fame, from Latin femina, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“who sucks”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛm/, /fam/ === Noun === feme f (plural femes) woman wife ==== Coordinate terms ==== (gender): ome