Definition of FEMME

femme

Plural: femmes

Noun

  • A French word for a woman.
  • A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
  • A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
  • A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

Adj

  • Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
  • Effeminate (of a man).
  • Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

Examples

  • Her style was more femme than butch.
  • Playing FEMME on a double-letter score gave him a slight lead.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.

Synonyms

fem

Antonyms

butch

Scrabble Score: 12

femme: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
femme: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
femme: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

femme: valid Words With Friends Word