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Meaning of "feminine ending" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMININE ENDING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMININE ENDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feminine ending is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEMININE ENDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feminine ending

Feminine ending, in grammatical gender, is the final syllable or suffixed letters that mark words as feminine. It can also refer to: ▪ Feminine ending, in meter, a line of verse that ends with an unstressed syllable ▪ Feminine ending or feminine cadence, a term in music theory for a phrase or movement that ends in an unstressed note or weak cadence ▪ Feminine Endings, a 1991 feminist critique by musicologist Susan McClary ▪ Feminine Endings, a 2008 short novel by Neil Gaiman...

Definition of feminine ending in the English dictionary

The definition of feminine ending in the dictionary is an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMININE ENDING

feminality
feminazi
femineity
feminie
feminility
feminine
feminine hygiene
feminine rhyme
femininely
feminineness
femininism
femininity
feminisation
feminise
feminism
feminist
feministic
feminity
feminization
feminize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMININE ENDING

according
ascending
binding
branding
corresponding
defending
demanding
descending
ending
expanding
finding
funding
landing
lending
mending
outstanding
pending
spending
standing
surrounding
understanding

Synonyms and antonyms of feminine ending in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «feminine ending» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMININE ENDING

Find out the translation of feminine ending to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feminine ending from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feminine ending» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

女性的结局
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

terminación femenina
570 millions of speakers

English

feminine ending
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्त्री समाप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تاء التأنيث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

женское окончание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terminação feminina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেয়েলি শেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

terminaison féminine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akhir feminin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weibliche Endung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女性行末
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여성 결말
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pungkasan feminin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kết thúc nữ tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண் முடிவடைகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्त्री समाप्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kadınsı bitiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

desinenza femminile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kobiece zakończenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жіноче закінчення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

final feminin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θηλυκή κατάληξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroulike eindig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feminin sluttid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feminin endelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feminine ending

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMININE ENDING»

The term «feminine ending» is normally little used and occupies the 140.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMININE ENDING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feminine ending» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feminine ending» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feminine ending

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMININE ENDING»

Discover the use of feminine ending in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feminine ending and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Feminine Ending
A gentle, bittersweet comedy about a girl who knows what she wants but not quite how to get it.
Sarah Treem, 2008
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Strict Metrical Tradition: Variations in the Literary Iambic ...
line the iambic pentameter process is already completed before the feminine ending, which is felt merely as an appendage. When feminine ending occurs within the framework of rhyme, the rhyme becomes a double rhyme of two syllables ...
David Keppel-Jones, 2001
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The Voice in Violence: And Other Contemporary Issues in ...
Hamlet: To be, or not to be — that is the question: (Ham, III, i) The line scans like this: To be, / or not / to be — / that is / the ques / tion: This line has eleven syllables and calls for a soft, or feminine ending. The feminine ending, used throughout ...
Rocco Dal Vera, 2001
4
Shakespeare's Metrical Art
For most readers of English poetry, a line with a so-called feminine ending (one unstressed syllable following the last stressed syllable) is familiar enough. At first sight, or sound, it seems a modest and inoffensive, even attractive, variation, ...
George T. Wright, 1988
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A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew
A masculine ending is an ending which is always found in masculine adjec- tives (2) and often in masculine substantives; a feminine ending is an ending which is always found in feminine adjectives and often in feminine substantives. Thus the  ...
Paul Joüon, 2006
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The Gaurian feminine ending is a regular phonetic corruption of the (Sanskrit or) Prakrit termination ^T, according to Gaurian phonetic law which reduces all Prakrit final long vowels or diphthongs to their constituent vowels. The other Gaurian ...
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Journal
The Gaurian feminine ending is a regular phonetic corruption of the (Sanskrit or) Prakrit termination ^T, according to Gaurian phonetic law which reduces all Prakrit final long vowels or diphthongs to their constituent vowels. The other Gaurian ...
Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1874
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The Gaurian feminine ending 'I is a regular phonetic corruption of the (Sanskrit or ) Priikrit termination WT, according to Gaurian phonetic law which reduces all Prikrit final long vowels or diphthongs to their constituent vowels. The other Gaurian ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1874
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Professions of a Lucky Jew
There are, too, innumerable nouns that, though masculine in aspect, are feminine in grammar, and vice versa, and masculine words that are regular in the singular but take on a feminine ending in the plural — and vice versa. One almost ...
Benno Varon, 1992
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The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the ...
woman or a female also do not require the feminine ending, such as (mur#iC9ß) ' suckling,' (Cäqir9ß) 'barren.'. 2. The adjectives (fa=ül9ß) in the active and (fa= öl9ß) in the passive sense as well as (ka2üb9ß) “lying” and (jarö39ß) “wounded”  ...
Christoph Luxenberg, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMININE ENDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feminine ending is used in the context of the following news items.
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Playhouse to stage Gurney comedy
... and estates, was in the Playhouse's “Old Wicked Songs” and Off-Broadway's “Timon of Athens,” “A Feminine Ending,” and “The Sporting Life. «Minuteman News Center, Jul 15»
2
Westport Country Playhouse to Stage World Premiere of A.R. …
... and estates, was in the Playhouse's "Old Wicked Songs" and Off-Broadway's "Timon of Athens," "A Feminine Ending," and "The Sporting Life. «Broadway World, Jun 15»
3
Mine is Yours Theatre Company to Bring ROMEO AND JULIET to …
South Coast Repertory Theater: Felix/Beaupertuis, An Italian Straw Hat; David, A Feminine Ending; Eddie Brock, Born Yesterday. Odyssey ... «Broadway World, May 15»
4
Aurora Theatre Company Extends THE HOW AND THE WHY
In addition to THE HOW AND THE WHY, her full-length plays include Empty Sky, Against the Wall, Mirror, Mirror, A Feminine Ending, Human ... «Broadway World, May 15»
5
ARMS AND THE MAN Begins Tonight at The Old Globe
... and Cactus Flower, and her Off Broadway roles include I Never Sang for My Father, A Feminine Ending, Wintertime, Amazing Grace, and Old ... «Broadway World, May 15»
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Wrenn Schmidt, Zach Appelman, Marsha Mason, Conrad John …
... and Cactus Flower, and her Off Broadway roles include I Never Sang for My Father, A Feminine Ending, Wintertime, Amazing Grace, and Old ... «Broadway World, Apr 15»
7
In the boys' club
The main character in A Feminine Ending finds that being 25 is tough age — she's not a kid anymore, but the riches of adulthood aren't quite ... «Denton Record Chronicle, Mar 15»
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2014 Post-Gazette Performer of the Year: Patrick Jordan
Others of note: Evan Zes, the waiter, “L'Hotel” (Public); Alan Stanford, Pozzo, "Godot" (PICT); Shaun Cameron Hall, Billy, “A Feminine Ending” ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 15»
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Poland's Feminist Genealogy
... a line from Sex Mission ["Copernicus was a man" but with feminine ending to was -- there is a line in the movie "Copernicus was a woman"]. «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
10
Long Island landmarks to watch for in new Showtime drama, 'The …
She made her debut at the prestigious Playwrights Horizons in 2007 with her play "A Feminine Ending," starring Gillian Jacobs and Marsha ... «Newsday, Oct 14»

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