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Meaning of "femmes fatales" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMMES FATALES

femmes fatales  [fæm fəˈtɑːlz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMMES FATALES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Femmes fatales 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 FEMMES FATALES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

femmes fatales

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEMMES FATALES


amazeballs
əˈmeɪzˌbɔːlz
Arles
ɑːlz
balls
bɔːlz
Charles
tʃɑːlz
coveralls
ˈkʌvərɔːlz
falls
fɔːlz
heels
hiːlz
meals-on-wheels
ˈmiːlzɒnˈwiːlz
mules
mjuːlz
overalls
ˈəʊvərˌɔːlz
pools
puːlz
Quarles
kwɔːlz
Rules
ruːlz
Schools
skuːlz
smalls
smɔːlz
stalls
stɔːlz
steels
stiːlz
walls
wɔːlz
wheels
wiːlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMMES FATALES

femininity
feminisation
feminise
feminism
feminist
feministic
feminity
feminization
feminize
femme
femme de chambre
femme fatale
femmes de chambre
femmier
femmiest
femmy
femora
femoral
femtosecond
femur

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMMES FATALES

after-sales
credit sales
Dales
direct sales
home sales
Manizales
New South Wales
Prince of Wales
sales
Scales
South Wales
tales
telesales
tell tales
Thales
the Dales
the Scales
tip the scales
Wales
weighing scales

Synonyms and antonyms of femmes fatales in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «FEMMES FATALES»

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synonyms of femmes fatales

Translation of «femmes fatales» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMMES FATALES

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

Translator English - Chinese

美图fatales
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mujeres fatales
570 millions of speakers

English

femmes fatales
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Femmes fatales
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نساء fatales
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

роковые женщины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

femmes fatales
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেয়েদের fatales
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

femmes fatales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Femmes membawa maut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

femmes fatales
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

FEMMES fatales
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

femmes fatales
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Femmes fatales
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

femmes fatales
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Femmes fatales
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॅट्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Femmes fatales
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

femmes fatales
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

femmes fatales
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фатальні жінки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

femmes fatale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

femmes fatales
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fatale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

femmes fatales
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

femmes fatales
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of femmes fatales

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMMES FATALES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMMES FATALES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about femmes fatales

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMMES FATALES»

Discover the use of femmes fatales in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to femmes fatales and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Femmes Fatales
A major work of feminist film criticism examining questions of sexual difference, the female body and the female spectator through a discussion of such figures as Pabst's Lulu and Rita Hayworth's Gilda.
Mary Ann Doane, 2013
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Dangerous Women: The Perils of Muses and Femmes Fatales
Traces the influence and legacies of 60 mythical and real seductive women from biblical times to the present day, from Eve and Cleopatra to Helen of Troy and Scheherazade, demonstrating how their alluring charms inspired lovers to wage war, ...
Laura Adler, Elisa Lecosse, 2013
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Femmes Fatales
When the anti-terror organization S.H.I.E.L.D. asks for his help in battling the forces of HYDRA, millionaire industrialist Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, falls victim to the schemes of two women who discover his fatal flaw.
Robert Greenberger, 2009
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Fakirs, Feluccas and Femmes Fatales: Tales from an ...
This is a unique collection of brief encounters and adventures from working in seventy countries - a kaleidoscope of landscapes, sounds, smells, politics, humour dialogue and, above all, people.
E. T. Laing, 2012
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The Spirit: Femmes Fatales
Reprinting 23 episodes from The Spirit's original run, The Spirit: femmes fatales also includes an introduction by comics historian and writer Michael Uslan, produer of The Spirit film written and directed by Frank Miller.
‎2008
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Demons, Hamlets and Femmes Fatales: Representations of Irish ...
This book provides a discussion of the ways in which popular fiction appropriates the figure of the Provisional IRA activist and the political conflict within the north of Ireland.
Jayne Steel, 2007
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Ghosts and Femmes Fatales
Others such as Facing Demons and Roxy explore the inner psyche.There is an air of menace about the stories, and a feeling that something has, or is about to happen.
Nigel Plane, 2009
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
This 1957 Hitchcock-like thriller about a lost child and a mother depicted as mad is..."a super psychological story of terror and suspense." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Evelyn Piper, 1957
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Femmes Fatales of The 1950s
Look out! Here come sixty sultry femmes fatales captured at their most alluring by world famous photographer Bunny Yeager. Each image was hand-picked by Yeager herself from her vast photo archives of seductive, flirtatious, beautiful women.
Bunny Yeager, 2008
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Earth Mothers and Femmes Fatales: Willa Cather's Women
In order to illustrate this, the essay will analyse four heroines, that is, Alexandra Bergson from Cather’s 1913 novel O Pioneers!, Ántonia Shimerda (later Cuzak) and Lena Lingard from My Ántonia and Marian Forrester from A Lost Lady.
Nina Dietrich, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMMES FATALES»

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Ben Affleck to Finally Direct 'Live by Night' in November
Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, ... «/FILM, Jul 15»
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Dusk Dances returns to Rotary Park July 23 to 26
... live “insect sonic” sounds, the audience watches the two grow into Photuris Versicolor or, as as they like to call themselves, femmes fatales. «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
3
Carmen, Nevill Holt Opera, review: 'hard to take seriously'
Carmen: the greatest of femmes fatales. About Clare Presland's Carmen I have mixed feelings. Although her acidulous yet penetrating ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Espionage round-up: The art of spying from femmes fatales via Alan …
While it may not chime with current attitudes, the popular perception of the female spy is the sexually enticing agent who sleeps with her ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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5 smart, offbeat teen movies
... for tough gumshoes and femmes fatales. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a teen loner mix of Philip Marlowe and Ally Sheedy from “The Breakfast ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jun 15»
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GET REEL: Nuts about crazy women
We're not including femmes fatales here because while some might have a few mental shortcomings, they're typically more interested in ... «Taunton Daily Gazette, Jun 15»
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REVIEW: The 39 Steps Studio Theatre, Salisbury
From policemen to spies, from femmes fatales to Scottish crofters, from music-hall acts to underwear salesmen, they garnering huge laughs and ... «Daily Echo, Jun 15»
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Spy: A Triple Threat to Foreign Femmes Fatales
In Spy, a wild, profane, surprisingly bloody caper-comedy, Melissa McCarthy appears on screen with various sidekicks, nemeses, foils, straight ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
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Carmen: the greatest of femmes fatales
Indeed, an ominous sense that they deserve to be punished informs the depictions (created mostly by men) of nearly all femmes fatales in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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As deadly as the male: female Russian pilots of the second world …
As deadly as the male: female Russian pilots of the second world war were femmes fatales in every sense. In a review of Defending the ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Femmes fatales [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/femmes-fatales>. Apr 2024 ».
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