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My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
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Meaning of "femme fatale" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEMME FATALE

Fatal woman.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMME FATALE

femme fatale  [fam fatal] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMME FATALE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Femme fatale 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 FEMME FATALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Femme fatale

A femme fatale is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to entrance and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural; hence, the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress, seductress, vampire, witch, or demon, having power over men. The phrase is French for "fatal woman". A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. In some situations, she uses lies or coercion rather than charm. She may also make use of some subduing weapon such as sleeping gas, a modern analog of magical powers in older tales. She may also be a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape; The Lady from Shanghai is one such example.

Definition of femme fatale in the English dictionary

The definition of femme fatale in the dictionary is an alluring or seductive woman, esp one who causes men to love her to their own distress.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMME FATALE

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femme de chambre
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femmes fatales
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMME FATALE

carrytale
daytale
fairy tale
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folk tale
Montale
old wives´ tale
pitch a tale
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stale
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tell a tale
tell its own tale
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Synonyms and antonyms of femme fatale in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «FEMME FATALE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «femme fatale» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of femme fatale

Translation of «femme fatale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMME FATALE

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

Translator English - Chinese

蛇蝎美人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

femme fatale
570 millions of speakers

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femme fatale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Femme Fatale
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المرأة fatale
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

роковая женщина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

femme fatale
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহিলা fatale
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

femme fatale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Femme fatale
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

femme fatale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魔性の女
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여자의 숙명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Femme fatale
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

femme fatale
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விவகாரமான பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्त्रीमित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kadınsı şahane
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

femme fatale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

femme fatale
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фатальна жінка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

femme fatale
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

femme fatale
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

femme fatale
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

femmefatalen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

femme fatale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of femme fatale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMME FATALE»

The term «femme fatale» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.168 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMME FATALE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about femme fatale

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6 QUOTES WITH «FEMME FATALE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word femme fatale.
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Bonnie Bedelia
I'm from New York; I've been in show business all my life. I'm a wild and crazy gal, yet I always play these soft, warm, loving earth mothers. It's a pain in the butt. I'm a femme fatale!
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Carla Bruni
I'm not really a femme fatale.
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Brian De Palma
And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
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Diana Quick
I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis might have played. What I wouldn't like is to suddenly find myself being cast, as many senior actresses seem to be, as the abbess in a convent.
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Meaghan Rath
My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
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Sigourney Weaver
I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMME FATALE»

Discover the use of femme fatale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to femme fatale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, ...
The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps explores the femme fatale’s career in nineteenth-century British literature.
Heather L. Braun, 2012
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Femme Fatale: A New Biography of Mata Hari
But was she actually a spy? In this persuasive new biography, Pat Shipman explores the life and times of the mythic and deeply misunderstood dark-eyed siren to find the truth.
Pat Shipman, 2009
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Femme Fatale: Famous Beauties Then and Now
A lavish portfolio of twentieth century feminine glamour surveys the fashions and iconic figures of each decade while presenting portraits of today's stars and models dressed as their famous counterparts of earlier eras.
Serge Normant, 2001
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Femme Fatale: Cinema's Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies
(Limelight). From the femme fatale of the early cinema to her post-feminist rebirth, this lavishly illustrated book and comprehensive guide traces the history of these dangerously alluring, manipulative, and desperate lethal ladies.
Dominique Mainon, James Ursini, 2009
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The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
KIMBERLY/GHOST AND THE FEMME FATALE
Alice Kimberly, 2008
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The Flaxen Femme Fatale
The last freelance P.I. on earth, Zach Johnson has been hired to track down a young beauty who happens to be a deadly secret weapon for the World Council.
John Zakour, 2008
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Femme Fatale: An Irene Adler Novel
Just take my advice, and read it with all the lights on.”—Kay Hooper on Chapel Noir “With Chapel Noir, Carole Nelson Douglas proves she's a master of the historical detective novel.”—Gayle Lynds “This is a sumptuous read ...
Carole Nelson Douglas, 2007
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Femme Fatale
Three new, connected stories by authors Doranna Durgin, Virginia Kantra and Meredith Fletcher Framed for murder and running from the CIA, sniper Bethany Riggs could trust no one, not even dashing British spy Jason Chandler.
Doranna Durgin, Virginia Kantra, Meredith Fletcher, 2010
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The Femme Fatale in Victorian Literature: The Danger and the ...
In these book reviews, the female protagonist is simply minimized to a dangerous woman.
Jennifer Hedgecock, 2008
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Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up
In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is ...
Julie Grossman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMME FATALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term femme fatale is used in the context of the following news items.
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Casualty Sin City: the soft-boiled Frank Miller homage no one …
The episode is entirely taken up with fussy registrar Ethan (George Rainsford) and his interaction with long-term patient and femme fatale ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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The New Couturiers: Aouadi's Punkish Femmes
Aouadi's style is definitely femme fatale: One of his icons is Faye Dunaway in Puzzle of a Downfall Child. But for women who know their own ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
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'Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3' Beta Test For PlayStation 4 Set For August
Presumably, the celebrities will be featured as the characters for the survival mode. Graham is a femme fatale nightclub worker, Goldblum is an ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
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Jodi Arias rap? Yep! It's from a former South Philly guy
As bizarre as a rap about a cable news femme fatale may seem, Williams is surprisingly nuanced in his views. He expresses sympathy for ... «Metro.us, Jul 15»
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Diamond Select Toys At Comic-Con
The new figure is the second in the Star Trek Femme Fatale statue series. Deanna Troi is the second in the PVC statue series, following the first ... «Trek Today, Jul 15»
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Interview: Paul Levine, author of 'Bum Rap'
At the same time, Jake has this background of falling for the wrong woman, be it client or femme fatale. He's matured out of that. I thought in ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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Vancouver-born Emmanuelle Vaugier relishes wily, strong-willed roles
And although Vaugier was bundled up in a puffy blue coat, the natural beauty that landed her on Maxim's Hot 100 List and Femme Fatale ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
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Win An Amazing Tech Bundle With 'Focus' – Out Now On Digital HD …
Three years later, the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Early music group play an ancient sound
Tankersley said it had a real "femme fatale" theme. "It looks at love, revenge and all of the emotions in between. It is very dramatic and vibrant. «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
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Casualty's George Rainsford: 'Ethan's intrigued by Bonnie - she's a …
She's a real femme fatale." Ethan's a very by-the-book doctor. Does Bonnie impact on how he's able to do his job? "Absolutely! Bonnie makes ... «What's On TV, Jul 15»

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